Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANTONIO TX
235 PM CDT WED MAY 20 1992

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS..

TWO SEPARATE AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTH TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON.  THE FIRST WAS OVER THE EDWARD PLATEAU FROM
MAVERICK COUNTY NORTHWARD THOUGH VAL VERDE AND EDWARDS COUNTIES.
AT DEL RIO THE RAINFALL WAS ONLY .18 OF AN INCH BUT HIGHER TOTALS OF
3 INCHES OVER COMSTOCK AND OVER 2 INCH IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE
COUNTY PROMOTED THE ISSUANCE OF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING.

THE SECOND AREA COVERED MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM THE COASTAL BEND INLAND THROUGH SAN
ANTONIO AND GONZALES NORTHWARD TO FREDERICKSBURG AND AUSTIN AND BEYOND.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS AT 220 PM WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTH BEXAR COUNTY
AND WILSON COUNTY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE RELEASING RAINS A RATES OF 3
TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR OVER THE ALREADY FLOODED SAN ANTONIO AND GUADALUPE
RIVERS.

THE MOIST TROPICAL AIR MASS OVER TEXAS ALONG WITH DAYTIME HEATING HAS
TRIGGERED THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.   A RAPID DECREASE IN SHOWER
AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR AFTER SUNSET AS THE AIR BEGINS TO COOL.

STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATIONS THROUGH SOUTH TE'XAS FOR
UP TO THE MINUTE WEATHER INFORMATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN TX
345 PM CDT WED MAY 20 1992

     ...HEAVY RAINS SCATTERED OVER CENTRAL TEXAS...

AT 335 PM...RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS FROM
SOUTH OF ELGIN TO NEAR HUTTO AND FROM JARRELL WESTWARD TO BURNET...LLANO
AND FREDERICKBURG.  WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN WAS NOTED OVER MOST OF CENTRAL
TEXAS.

MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS TOWARD THE NORTH AT 20 MPH.

HEAVY RAINS HAVE OCCURRED IN BASTROP WHERE .87 INCHES WAS RECORED IN 20 MINUTES
AND 1.50 INCHES IN CEDAR CREEK.  SCATTERED HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY PERSIST
UNTIL 7 PM WITH MOST OF THE RAIN ACTIVITY ENDING BY SUNSET.

BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAINS LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING
AREAS...CREEEKS AND SMALL RIVERS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHE
APPROACHING A LOW WATER CROSSOINGS.

IF HEAVY RAINS PERSISTS OVER YOUR AREA FOR A LONG DURATIONS FLOODING
COUULD  OCCUR SINCE GROUNDS ARE SoATURATED.  STAY TUNE FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND OR WARNINGS.

LUNA