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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1150 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...



AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE 

EASTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS.

THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM ROCKSPRINGS TO 

SABINAL TO PEARSALL AND CATARINA. RAINFALL RATES OF THREE QUARTERS 

OF AN INCH AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.  

MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...THE NEXT ROUND 

OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLASH 

FLOODING WHEN THEY MOVE INTO THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND THAT PART 

OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EAST OF 1-35.



ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING...SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO 

ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO 

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS 

AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



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