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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

405 PM CDT THU OCT 24 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR BASTROP...FAYETTE...TRAVIS...BEXAR...

   COMAL...GUADALUPE COUNTIES...DEWITT...GONZALES...KARNES...LAVACA

   AND WILSON COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED...

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



AT 4 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE

RAIN OVER FAYETTE AND LAVACA COUNTIES WITH A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS

ELSEWHERE.



SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY THE SALADO...OLMOS...LEON...

GERONIMO AND ALLIGATOR CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH FOR THE NEXT

HOUR OR SO.  ALSO...NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED.



IN ADDITION...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED

FOR PARTS OF THE GUADALUPE RIVER BELOW CANYON DAM...SAN ANTONIO

RIVER...THE UPPER NUECES AND FRIO RIVER WATERSHEDS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE

HILL COUNTRY TONIGHT WITH AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 4

INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA WITH ISOLATED

HIGHER TOTALS NEAR 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.



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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