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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

959 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES 

THROUGH 11 PM CST...

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR HAYS... 

CALDWELL...BASTROP...LEE...FAYETTE...AND LAVACA COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 

PM CST...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR THE 

EASTERN THREE-QUARTERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



HEAVY RAINS WERE RAPIDLY DECREASING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND 

THE HILL COUNTRY AS THE UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WAS LIFTING 

NORTHEASTWARD THIS EVENING. 



HOWEVER MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS OVER THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND 

AUSTIN METRO AREA WILL LIKELY REMAIN FLOODED AND UNSAFE THROUGH AT 

LEAST 11 PM. RESIDUAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL 

OVER THE AUSTIN METRO AREA THROUGH ABOUT 1030 PM.



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING NORTH OF DEL 

RIO...AND SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD SPREAD EAST ACROSS NORTHERN 

PARTS OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT. NO 

SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.



TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HILL 

COUNTRY. IF YOU MUST GO OUT...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN 

IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. STAY 

TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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