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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

915 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.



AT 9 PM AREAS OF RAIN AND SHOWERS WERE SLOWLY DEVELOPING AND 

INCREASING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE CHANCE OF RAIN...SHOWERS

OR THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TO INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AND TOWARD

THE MORNING SATURDAY.  



AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KENNA MOVE SOUTH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS 

SATURDAY...RAIN...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE 

MORNING AND WILL DECREASE FROM THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON AND 

EVENING...AS THIS WEATHER SYSTEM PASSES EAST OF THE AREA. 

 

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF 

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

OVER SOUTHER PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE NEAR 1 TO 

2 INCHES.  ISOLATED TOTALS TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHERN 

SECTIONS OF WATCH GENERALLY SOUTH OF IH10/HIGHWAY 90.  OVER THE 

NORTHERN PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 

1.5 INCHES...WITH SOME TOTALS TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND 

SATURDAY.



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.



THROUGH 7 PM OCTOBER 25TH...OCTOBER 2002 HAS BEEN THE 3RD WETTEST 

OCTOBER OF RECORD FOR DEL RIO...THE 10TH WETTEST OCTOBER FOR SAN 

ANTONIO...THE 7TH WETTEST OCTOBER FOR AUSTIN BERGSTROM...AND TIES 

WITH OCTOBER 2000 AS THE 20TH WETTEST OCTOBER FOR AUSTIN MABRY.



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 SANDIES 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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