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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

351 PM CST MON NOV 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...LEE...

BASTROP...HAYS...FAYETTE...CALDWELL...COMAL...GUADALUPE...GONZALES...

BEXAR AND WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CST...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT OVER THE EASTERN HALF

OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN...

WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SAN ANTONIO TO 

AUSTIN AND GEORGETOWN...THEN EAST TO SCHULENBURG...GONZALES...AND 

FLORESVILLE.  THE AREAS OF RAIN...WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  



EACH WAVE OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY ADDITIONAL 

WAVES OF RAIN...ADDING TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN SOME AREAS. MORE 

RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  AS OF 350 PM CST...

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY HAVE BEEN BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES 

OVER PARTS OF WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...LEE...BASTROP...HAYS...FAYETTE...

CALDWELL...COMAL...GUADALUPE...GONZALES...BEXAR AND WILSON COUNTIES. 

SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN AS OF

350 PM CST TODAY.  THE COLD...DAMP RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



LEON AND SALADO CREEKS IN BEXAR COUNTY WILL BE DANGEROUS DURING RUSH 

HOUR.  MANY AREAS CREEKS, SUCH AS GERONIMO, ONION AND WILLIAMSON 

CREEKS, ARE RISING.  SEVERAL ROADS IN HAYS COUNTY HAVE BEEN CLOSED. 

A COOP WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED WATER OVER FARM ROAD 302 NEAR 

COUPLAND...AND THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED FLOODED ROADS IN BASTROP

COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINS IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS 

WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND 

UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 

FLASH FLOODING.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH 

CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE COASTAL PRAIRIES AND THE I-35 CORRIDOR.  

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO.

THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



ATASCOSA...BASTROP...BEXAR...CALDWELL...COMAL...DEWITT...FAYETTE...

GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...LAVACA...LEE...TRAVIS...

WILLIAMSON AND WILSON.

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