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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1230 PM CDT THU OCT 24 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BEXAR...BLANCO...

   COMAL...FRIO...GILLESPIE...HAYS...KENDALL...KERR...AND MEDINA

   COUNTIES UNTIL 2 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR CALDWELL...GONZALES...GUADALUPE...KARNES

   AND WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 2 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DIMMIT...REAL...UVALDE AND ZAVALA

   COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY...



AT 1225 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA

OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A MASON TO BANDERA TO

HONDO TO CARRIZO SPRINGS LINE EXTENDING ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF

THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS

NOTED IN THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WITH RATES NEAR 2 INCHES PER

HOUR.



NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED IN THE WARNED AREAS.



THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  RAINFALL IN THE

NEXT 24 HOURS WILL AVERAGE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED

TOTALS OF HIGHER THAN 5 INCHES AND POSSIBLY AS GREAT AS 10 INCHES.



THE FRIO...GUADALUPE AND SAN ANTONIO RIVER WATERSHEDS WILL CONTINUE

TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THE CIBOLO

CREEK NEAR BOERNE AND ALONG THE BEXAR AND COMAL LINE WILL BECOME

IMPACTED IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THE UPPER NUECES RIVER WATERSHED

WILL SEE SOME STREAMS STILL RUNNING HIGH.  PERSONS IN THESE

WATERSHEDS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.  STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST

WEATHER INFORMATION.

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