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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

538 PM CST THU FEB 20 2003





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR WILLIAMSON...

TRAVIS...LEE...BLANCO...BASTROP...HAYS...CALDWELL...COMAL...

GUADALUPE...GONZALES...FAYETTE...LAVACA AND DEWITT COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR

ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO AREAS OF

HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THROUGH 7 PM...ONE AREA OF

HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BUT MAINLY

OVER FAYETTE...LAVACA AND DEWITT COUNTIES. THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL

SHIFT EASTWARD AND OUT THE WARNED COUNTIES BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM.



THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE ENTIRE WARNED AREA WILL CONTINUE

TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER

CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS THROUGH 830

PM. NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED OVER AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-35

FROM GEORGETOWN TO SAN ANTONIO.



LATER THIS EVENING...FLOOD-WATERS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT INTO THE

LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS UNTIL THIS NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS

MOVES INTO THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS

PLATEAU AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS WILL EXPAND SLOWLY EASTWARD AND

INCREASE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TOWARD

MIDNIGHT.



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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF

FLOODING ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR

THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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