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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

100 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...



EARLY THIS MORNING...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE

MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS PARTS OF WEST AND NORTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY.



TO THE EAST...ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE FORMING OVER PARTS OF DIMMIT...

ZAVALA...MAVERICK...KINNEY...AND UVALDE COUNTY.  THESE ISOLATED

SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. 



ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE ALSO FORMING OVER PARTS OF KARNES...DEWITT...

LAVACA...GONZALES AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



FROM AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO...OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE LINGER...HOWEVER

A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE STARTING TO FORM SOUTHWEST OF 

SAN ANTONIO. 



A STRONG LATE FEBRUARY WEATHER SYSTEM SOUTH OF EL PASO CONTINUES

TO MOVE EAST.  AS THIS WEATHER SYSTEM GETS CLOSER TO SOUTH CENTRAL

TEXAS...AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

IS EXPECTED.  OCCASIONAL WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS TOWARD DAYBREAK.



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

AND THE HILL COUNTRY AS THE GROUND IS VERY SATURATED.



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.



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