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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

945 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



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

   SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN AREAL CONVERGE 

EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR.  HOWEVER A COUPLE OF THESE STORMS ARE 

STILL PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WITH POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.  MOVEMENT 

IS NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.



ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS 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 IS NOW CROSSING THE RIO GRANDE RIVER AND 

WILL SLOWLY SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH 

CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. THIS NEXT 

ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL 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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