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209-255-259-265-271-285-287-299-323-325-385-453-463-465-491-493-507-

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

900 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS AND HAYS COUNTIES     

   UNTIL 10 AM CST...

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

   SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES HAVE WEAKEN 

OVER THE PAST HOUR.  HOWEVER RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AREAS FOR THE NEXT HOUR. MOVEMENT 

IS NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH.



ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MAINLY 

EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR THIS MORNING.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING 

RAPIDLY NORTHEAST WITH THE AREA SLOWLY SHIFTING EASTWARD.



ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING OUT OF MEXICO 

AND THE BIG BEND INTO THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND WESTERN HILL COUNTRY.

THESE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM 

SYSTEM SWINGING THRU WEST TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICO. THIS ROUND OF 

CONVECTION WILL SLOWLY SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS

WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HAIL ALONG WITH LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.  



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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