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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1140 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 

OVERNIGHT WILL BE WEAK OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IN THE WAKE OF THE 

LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THAT MOVED THROUGH DURING THE DAY 

THURSDAY. THIS INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE AGAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK 

FRIDAY...WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING OVER 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.



SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN OUT OF BANKS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS TONIGHT.  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. 



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

SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF CENTRAL TEXAS. OVER SOUTHERNMOST SECTIONS OF 

THE WATCH AREA...HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES 

WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS NEAR 5 INCHES.



THE OUTLOOK CALLS FOR A CHANCE OF RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND 

MONDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE OF RAIN.  THE CHANCE OF RAIN DIMINISHES

LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH POSSIBLE CLEARING.  A COLD FRONT

IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY.



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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