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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

245 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...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FORMED

BETWEEN 2 AND 230 AM OVER PARTS OF UVALDE...MEDINA...MAVERICK...

BANDERA...DIMMIT...ZAVALA...AND FRIO COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST 

AT 25 MPH.  



TO THE NORTH AND EAST...ISOLATED SHOWERS...WITH PATCHES OF LIGHT 

RAIN...FOG AND DRIZZLE WAS OBSERVED OVER EAST PARTS OF THE HILL 

COUNTRY TO THE AUSTIN...SAN ANTONIO AND NEW BRAUNFELS AREAS.   



ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE ALSO OVER PARTS OF GUADALUPE...KARNES...

DEWITT...LAVACA...GONZALES AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST 

AT 25 MPH.



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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