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209-255-259-265-271-285-287-299-323-325-385-453-463-465-491-493-507-

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

801 PM CDT THU OCT 24 2002



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



ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM HURRICANE KENNA OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC 

CONTINUES TO FEED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  HOWEVER...INSTABILITY 

THIS EVENING WILL BE WEAK OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IN THE WAKE OF 

THE LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THAT MOVED THROUGH EARLIER TODAY. 

THIS INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT WITH NUMEROUS 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.



SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN OUT OF BANKS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS THIS EVENING. 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. PONDING 

OF WATER IN POORLY DRAINED AREAS WILL ALSO CREATE HAZARDS ON 

SECONDARY ROADWAYS. THESE FLOOD WATERS WILL HAVE ONLY A SHORT TIME 

TO SUBSIDE BEFORE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS RETURN TO THE AREA AFTER 

MIDNIGHT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH 

OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE WATCH 

AREA...HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES 

WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS NEAR 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 

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