Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

BULLETIN
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
115 PM CST MON DEC 22 1986

WIDESPREAD RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS A LARGE EXPANSE OF THE HILL COUNTRY
AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AT THIS HOUR.  SATELLITE PHOTOS AND RADAR
OBSERVATIONS SHOW MORE RAIN MOVING FROM THE RIO GRANDE INTO SOUTH
TEXAS.

SOME OF THE RAIN TOTALS DURING THE NIGHT AND MORNING HAVE EXCEEDED 5
INCHES.  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCH AMOUNTS COULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

SINCE THE GROUND IS WELL SATURATED...ANY MORE RAIN WILL NOT SOAK IN BUT
BEGIN TO RUN OFF INTO SWOLLEN CREEKS AND RIVERS...AND ADD TO THE THREAT
OF FLOODING.  SOME URBAN FLOODING OF STREETS...LOW-WATER CROSSINGS AND
CREEKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN AND AROUND SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR
COUNTY...MORE COULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS RAINS CONTINUE.
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MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON WET SLICK STREETS...AND NOT TRY
TO CROSS SWOLLEN LOW-WATER CROSSINGS OR DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.
FLOOD-PRONE UNDERPASSES IN AND AROUND SAN ANTONIO SHOULD BE APPROACHED
WITH CAUTION.  CAMPERS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGH GROUND AWAY FROM THE FLOOD
PLAINS OF CREEKS AND RIVERS.  PARENTS SHOULD DISCOURAGE CHILDREN FROM
PLAYING IN OR NEAR FLOOD DRAINAGE DITCHES...LOW-WATER CROSSINGS OR
CREEKS SUBJECT TO RAPIDLY RISING WATERS.

THE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING RUSH HOUR...AND PROBABLY THROUGH THE EVENING CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
TIMES.

PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.  LEON...
CIBOLO...OLMOS AND SALADO CREEKS IN AND AROUND BEXAR COUNTY AND SAN
ANTONIO WILL BE NEAR OR OUT OF BANKS MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO
TONIGHT...STAGES AND FORECAtSTS WILL BE ISSUED AS INFORMATION BECOMES
AVAILABLE.

BULLETIN
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
555 PM CST MON DEC 22 1986

WIDESPREAD RAIN CONTINUED OVER MOST OF SOUTH TEXAS JUST BEFORE 600 PM.
THE RAIN AREA...AS INDICATED BY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SATELLITE
OBSERVATIONS...WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD.

RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE LAST NIGHT FROM THE HILL COUNTRY SOUTHEASTWARD TO
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HAVE AVERAGED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES.  RAINFALL FROM
FREDERICKSBURG TO SAN MARCOS...SEGUIN...JOURDANTON AND SAN ANTONIO BACK
TO FREDERICKSBURG AVERAGED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF
MORE THAN 4 INCHES.  SO FAR...THE GREATEST RAIN REPORT WAS NEAR 6 INCHES
FROM THE CITY OF LIVE OAK...JUST NORTHEAST OF SAN ANTONIO.

THE WIDESPREAD RAIN HAS SATURATED THE GROUND...CAUSING SOME SHORT LIVED
FLOODING OF URBAN STREETS AND ROADS.  LOW LYING AREAS AND POORLY DRAINED
AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS AS WELL...AS RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FROM THE HILL COUNTRY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON THE WET AND SLICK STREETS...AVOID
FLOODED LOW-WATER CROSSINGS AND NOT TRY TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.
PARENTS SHOULD MAKE CERTAIN CHILDREN DO NOT PLAY IN OR NEAR FLOODED
STREAMS OR CREEKS.

FLOODING IS ALSO OCCURRING ALONG PORTIONS OF LEON CREEK AND SALADO CREEK
IN SAN ANTONIO.  LEON CREEK NEAR KELLY AIR FORCE BASE IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN AT 10 TO 12 FEET THROUGH MIDNIGHT...FLOOD STAGE IS 13 FEET.
THE HEAVIEST FLOODING ALONG SALADO CREEK IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM NEAR
LOOP 410 IN NORTHEAST SAN ANTONIO SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION
OF THE CITY TO NEAR LOOP 13.  PERSONS LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING
ALONG THIS PORTION OF SALADO CREEK SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE
LOCATION.