

000 

WGUS74 KEWX 260004

FFSSAT

TXC013-019-021-029-031-053-055-091-123-127-137-149-163-171-177-187-

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

260500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

700 PM CDT FRI OCT 25 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE 

HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 4PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS FLASH FLOOD 

WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.



ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL...

COMAL...DEWITT...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...FRIO...GILLESPIE...

GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...

LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...

VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON...WILSON AND ZAVALA.



ABUNDANT MOISTURE CONTINUES TO BE PUMPED INTO TEXAS FROM THE PACIFIC

AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KENNA MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS MEXICO.

 

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...ADDITIONAL RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED AREAWIDE. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH ISOLATED 

AMOUNTS UP TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS ARE 

POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON THE EXACT PATH OF KENNA.



BECAUSE OF THE RECENT RAINS AND FLOODING...THE GROUND REMAINS 

SATURATED OVER THE AREA AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL ADD TO THE 

DANGEROUS FLOODING CONDITIONS. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...LOW 

LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSING IS VERY LIKELY.



SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN AT BANK FULL OR OUT OF BANKS 

ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS HAVE 

BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...GUADALUPE...SAN ANTONIO...

FRIO...MEDINA...RIO GRANDE AND SANDLES CREEK. 



PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY NEED TO BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AS FLASH FLOODING CAN HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY. MOVE 

TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 



000 

WGUS74 KEWX 260004

FFSSAT

TXC013-019-021-029-031-053-055-091-123-127-137-149-163-171-177-187-

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

260500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

700 PM CDT FRI OCT 25 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE 

HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 4PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS FLASH FLOOD 

WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.



ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL...

COMAL...DEWITT...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...FRIO...GILLESPIE...

GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...

LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...

VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON...WILSON AND ZAVALA.



ABUNDANT MOISTURE CONTINUES TO BE PUMPED INTO TEXAS FROM THE PACIFIC

AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KENNA MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS MEXICO.

 

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...ADDITIONAL RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED AREAWIDE. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH ISOLATED 

AMOUNTS UP TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS ARE 

POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON THE EXACT PATH OF KENNA.



BECAUSE OF THE RECENT RAINS AND FLOODING...THE GROUND REMAINS 

SATURATED OVER THE AREA AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL ADD TO THE 

DANGEROUS FLOODING CONDITIONS. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...LOW 

LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSING IS VERY LIKELY.



SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN AT BANK FULL OR OUT OF BANKS 

ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS HAVE 

BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...GUADALUPE...SAN ANTONIO...

FRIO...MEDINA...RIO GRANDE AND SANDLES CREEK. 



PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY NEED TO BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AS FLASH FLOODING CAN HAPPEN VERY 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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