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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1016 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003



...POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION LOOMS FOR SOUTH

CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT AND LABOR DAY...



A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD EVENT IS IN THE OFFING FOR

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...FOR TONIGHT

AND LABOR DAY.



LATE THIS MORNING..THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS CENTERED JUST OFF THE

CENTRAL TEXAS COAST. THE DEPRESSION WILL CONTINUE NORTHWEST TODAY..

SPREADING A PLUME OF RICH TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO EASTERN PORTIONS OF

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  MEANWHILE..A COLD FRONT LIES TO THE NORTH OF

THE REGION EXTENDING ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS TO THE

BIG BEND.



BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AS THE DEPRESSION MOVES WEST..

TROPICAL MOISTURE SHOULD BEGIN INTERACTING WITH THE FRONT. IN

ADDITION..THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE DEPRESSION SHOULD AID IN EASING

THE FRONT SOUTH INTO THE HILL COUNTRY BY LATE TONIGHT.



BY SUNRISE..THE DEPRESSIONS CENTER SHOULD BE MOVING INTO

THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY WITH THE COLD FRONT POISED OVER THAT SAME

AREA. THIS INTERACTION QUITE POSSIBLY COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL

RAINFALL AND RESULTANT FLASH FLOODING OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AREA LATE TONIGHT

AND INTO LABOR DAY.



ON LABOR DAY...AS THE DEPRESSION CONTINUES ON ITS WEST NORTHWEST

TRACK ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...FLASH

FLOODING REMAINS A POSSIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.



WIDESPREAD RAIN AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE

GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE DEPRESSIONS PATH WITH LOCALIZED 6

INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF THE DEPRESSIONS CENTER.

SOME ENHANCEMENT IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY ALSO OCCUR ALONG THE FRONT

AND OVER HILL COUNTRY AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.  RESIDENTS OF

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE

LATEST STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL RADIO, TV OR TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER

RADIO. LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS

WARRANT.



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