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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

219 PM CDT THU OCT 24 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR BASTROP...FAYETTE AND TRAVIS UNTIL

   4 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR BEXAR...COMAL AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES

   UNTIL 4 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DEWITT...GONZALES...KARNES...LAVACA

   AND WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM...

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

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

   HAVE EXPIRED...

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



AT 215 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF A KILLEEN

TO NEW BRAUNFELS TO CAMPBELLTON LINE.  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NOTED

IN THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WITH RATES NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR.



WEST OF THIS LINE THERE WERE ONLY A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS.



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 FROM 2 TO 4 INCH WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF

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



EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS OR WILL SHORTLY END ACROSS BEXAR...COMAL AND

GUADALUPE COUNTIES...THE SALADO...OLMOS...LEON...GERONIMO AND

ALLIGATOR CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND

APPROACH FLOOD CONDITIONS.



THE GUADALUPE RIVER BELOW CANYON DAM...SAN ANTONIO RIVER...THE UPPER

NUECES AND FRIO RIVER WATERSHEDS WILL SEE SOME STREAMS STILL RUNNING

HIGH...HOWEVER IMPACTS SHOULD BE ON THE DECREASE.



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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