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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
728 AM CDT WED SEP 8 2010
TXC021-031-053-055-091-187-209-287-453-491-081400-
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BURNET TX-WILLIAMSON TX-TRAVIS TX-LEE TX-BLANCO TX-BASTROP TX-HAYS
TX-CALDWELL TX-COMAL TX-GUADALUPE TX-
728 AM CDT WED SEP 8 2010
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL GUADALUPE...NORTHEASTERN COMAL...NORTHERN CALDWELL...HAYS...
WESTERN BASTROP...EASTERN BLANCO...NORTHWESTERN LEE...TRAVIS...
WILLIAMSON AND SOUTHEASTERN BURNET COUNTIES...
AT 722 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TRAINING PATTERN OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING
CONTINUED WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES REMAINS POSSIBLE
BETWEEN 7 AM AND 9 AM...AS SOME THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO BE MOST SEVERE IN AREAS NEAR LARGER CREEKS AND STREAMS...THAT
REMAIN FLOODED FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD CREEKS, STREAMS, STREET
INTERSECTIONS, CULVERTS AND UNDERPASSES. LOW LYING PLACES THAT
NORMALLY FLOOD COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. DO NOT CROSS ANY FLOODED
AREA. TURN AROUND DON`T DROWN.
DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. EVEN SUVS AND PICKUPS WILL
BE SWEPT AWAY BY AS LITTLE AS TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER. TURN AROUND
DON`T DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3092 9783 3089 9764 3075 9727 3048 9715
3054 9702 2989 9742 2969 9793 3009 9845
3103 9790
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FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 623 AM CDT WED SEP 8 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON... ...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .TROPICAL DEPRESSION HERMINE OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD. HOWEVER THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND I-35 CORRIDOR TODAY. DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FEED TRAINING LINES OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN GENERALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. ADDITIONAL AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH TOTALS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE OVER AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED ESTIMATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 TO 15 INCHES. THE HIGHEST TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR GENERALLY NEAR AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 WHERE A BETTER FEED OF GULF MOISTURE IS OCCURRING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. TXC013-019-021-029-031-053-055-091-123-127-149-163-171-177-187- 209-255-259-265-285-287-299-325-385-453-463-491-493-507-081700- /O.CON.KEWX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-100908T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL- DEWITT-DIMMIT-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS- KARNES-KENDALL-KERR-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MEDINA-REAL-TRAVIS-UVALDE- WILLIAMSON-WILSON-ZAVALA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLEASANTON...BANDERA...BASTROP... SAN ANTONIO...BLANCO...BURNET...LOCKHART...NEW BRAUNFELS... CUERO...CARRIZO SPRINGS...LA GRANGE...PEARSALL...FREDERICKSBURG... GONZALES...SEGUIN...SAN MARCOS...KARNES CITY...BOERNE... KERRVILLE...HALLETTSVILLE...GIDDINGS...LLANO...HONDO...LEAKEY... AUSTIN...UVALDE...GEORGETOWN...FLORESVILLE...CRYSTAL CITY 623 AM CDT WED SEP 8 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...ATASCOSA... BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL... COMAL...DEWITT...DIMMIT...FAYETTE...FRIO...GILLESPIE... GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR... LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE... WILLIAMSON...WILSON AND ZAVALA. * UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING * THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND I-35 CORRIDOR TODAY. DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FEED TRAINING LINES OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN GENERALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. ADDITIONAL AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH TOTALS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE OVER AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED ESTIMATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 TO 15 INCHES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR GENERALLY NEAR AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35...WHERE A DEEPER FEED OF GULF MOISTURE IS OCCURRING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. * THE CUMULATIVE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RISES IN AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS...WITH THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR RIVER RISES EXPECTED TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...PLAN NOW FOR WHAT YOU WILL DO IF FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. STAY INFORMED AND BE READY TO ACT IF YOU SEE FLOODING OR IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. &&
