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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

330 PM PM CST THU FEB 20 2003



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

   BLANCO...BASTROP...HAYS...KENDALL...CALDWELL AND COMAL COUNTIES   

   UNTIL 530 PM CST...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTH    

   CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS 

THE WARNED COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTER 

INCHES AN HOUR ARE ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR. MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST 

AT 25 MPH. ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS 

EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NIGHT. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS FROM THESE 

STORMS. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER 

DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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