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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

655 AM CST FRI JAN 16 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH 6 PM CST TODAY...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  THE WATCH IS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE

FROM GEORGETOWN TO AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO TO PLEASANTON.



THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST TODAY.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



ATASCOSA...BASTROP...BEXAR...CALDWELL...COMAL...DEWITT...FAYETTE...

GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...LAVACA...LEE...TRAVIS...

WILLIAMSON AND WILSON.



A MID WINTER RAIN MAKING WEATHER SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTHWEST U.S.

TO NORTH CENTRAL MEXICO WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST TODAY.  HIGH HUMIDITY

AND AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL FAVOR CONTINUED RAINS...

WITH SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN

IS POSSIBLE.



SINCE MID WINTER VEGETATION IS THINNER AND EVAPORATION

WILL BE VERY LIMITED TODAY...ANY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL

RUNOFF EASIER THAN USUAL.  LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY EXPERIENCE SOME

FLOODING...WHERE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS FORM.  WIDESPREAD

THREE QUARTERS TO 1.50 INCH RAINS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED

AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3.50 INCHES POSSIBLE.



EARLY THIS MORNING...AREAS OF RAIN AND SHOWERS CONTINUE TO FORM

OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  RAIN...SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE

EXPECTED TO INCREASE TODAY.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...AND

LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.



MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS AND AVOID DRIVING

THROUGH LOW LYING AREAS OR INTO HIGH WATER. DO NOT DRIVER AROUND



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