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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

350 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT AND LABOR DAY... 



FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A POSSIBILITY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT 

AND LABOR DAY. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY.



LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF THE TROPICAL 

DEPRESSION WAS OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH A BROAD SURFACE TROUGH 

EXTENDING FROM THE LOW CENTER INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A PLUME OF 

RICH TROPICAL MOISTURE WAS MOVING NORTHWEST INTO THE EASTERN 

PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  MEANWHILE..A WEAK COLD 

FRONT...CONVERGENT ZONE LYING ACROSS THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY WAS 

INTERACTING WITH THE MOISTURE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD AROUND THE UPPER

CIRCULATION OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE 

AREA.



ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE...WORKING WITH UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ALOFT 

AND THE EFFECTS FROM THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WILL MAKE FOR NOT ONLY 

A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH MONDAY...ALSO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND 

POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE LATE AUGUST AND EARLY SEPTEMBER 2003 

PATTERN SHOWS SLOW MOVING RAIN SYSTEMS THAT WILL CAUSE RAIN NOT ONLY 

TONIGHT AND MONDAY...BUT INTO TUESDAY AS WELL. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA 

TONIGHT AND MONDAY...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. 

THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY COULD OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY IN 

THE CORRIDOR NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 AND ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 

35 WHERE THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION IS 

EXPECTED TO PASS.  GROUND MOISTURE CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT THESE 

AMOUNTS WILL CREATE THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING.

  

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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