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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO CAPOTION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

903 PM CDT THU SEP 18 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR COMAL...GUADALUPE...

GONZALES...BEXAR...LAVACA...WILSON...DEWITT...ATASCOSA AND KARNES 

COUNTIES UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING...



THE CITIES OF SAN ANTONIO, FLORESVILLE, JOURDANTON, 

GONZALES, CUERO, HALLETTSVILLE, SEGUIN, NEW BRAUNFELS AND KARNES 

CITY ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA.



NO RAIN IS CURRENTLY FALLING OVER THE WATCH AREA. BUT AN APPROACHING 

COLD FRONT WILL BRING RAINS TO THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.



THE ONE TO THREE INCH RAINS, THAT FELL OVER THE WATCH AREA EARLIER 

TODAY, HAVE SATURATED THE GROUND IN THE WATCH AREA. ANY ADDITIONAL 

RAINS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER 

DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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