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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

320 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 THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM

THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY TO WEST OF SAN ANTONIO.  AT 315 AM THEY 

WERE OVER PARTS OF LLANO...GILLESPIE....KERR...

BANDERA...UVALDE...MEDINA...MAVERICK...DIMMIT...ZAVALA...AND FRIO 

COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS 

ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE

NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.  



FURTHER EAST...RAIN AND SHOWERS WERE INCREASING...FROM AUSTIN TO 

SAN ANTONIO...AND EAST TO TAYLOR...GIDDINGS...SCHULENBURG AND 

HALLETTSVILLE.  



A STRONG LATE FEBRUARY WEATHER SYSTEM SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST OF

EL PASO CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST.  AS THIS WEATHER SYSTEM GETS CLOSER 

TO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...RAIN WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS

EXPECTED.  



SINCE THE GROUND IS STILL WET FROM RAINS IN THE PAST DAY AND

EARLIER THIS MONTH...IT WILL NOT TAKE AS MUCH RAIN TO CAUSE

FLASH FLOODING TODAY.  WHERE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS FORM AND 

FOCUS....FLOODING AT LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS

IS LIKELY.



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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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

320 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



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

SOUTH CE


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