Flash Flood Warning 148, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-121100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
600 PM CDT FRI SEP 11 1998

...FRANCES NEARLY STATIONARY...
...TORRENTIAL RAINS POSSIBLE TONIGHT MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF
   OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT...

THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANCES WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF VICTORIA AT 4 PM...ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER IN MIAMI.  IT IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH OR
NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

AS WITH ANY TROPICAL SYSTEM...NIGHTTIME CORE RAINS REMAIN A DANGEROUS
THREAT.  THESE ARE THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH OCCUR DURING THE
NIGHT HOURS NEAR THE CENTER OF A TROPICAL LOW.  AS THE LOW TRACKS
SLOWLY NORTH OR NORTHWEST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN
HILL COUNTRY...CORE RAINS COULD DEVELOP...WITH AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10
INCHES POSSIBLE IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.  THE EASTERN HILL
COUNTRY...WITH ITS CHARACTERISTICALLY ROCKY NATURE...WILL EXACERBATE
THE THREAT AS RAPID RUNOFF WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS...LIFE
THREATENING FLASH FLOODS.  ALSO THE CITIES OF SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN
WILL BE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF PAVED
SURFACES.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNS RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS TO TAKE
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. IF YOU LIVE IN A
LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREA...KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER
DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH
FLOODING OCCURS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. CAMPERS AND PEOPLE
TEMPORARILY IN THE FLOOD PLAIN SHOULD BE AWARE THAT HEAVY RAIN AND
FLOODING CONDITIONS CAN INUNDATE THE FLOOD PLAIN WITH TENS OF FEET OF
TURBULENT FLOW IN LESS THAN AN HOUR IN FLASHY STREAMS.

SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW BRIDGES WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ESCARPMENT TONIGHT. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED ACROSS
THE THREATENED COUNTIES TONIGHT.

ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOME PAGE OF THE INTERNET
WORLD WIDE WEB AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX.  TIMELY DELIVERY OF DATA AND
PRODUCTS FROM THIS SERVER THROUGH THE INTERNET IS NOT GUARANTEED...
UNLIKE DATA AND PRODUCTS DELIVERED FROM THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE SOURCES.

THE OFFICIAL SOURCE OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATA AND PRODUCTS IS
THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO...NOAA WEATHER WIRE...FAMILY OF SERVICES
AND EMWIN.

THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...
OPERATING ON A FREQUENCY BETWEEN 162.400 MHZ AND 162.550 MHZ.

NEARBY HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS INCLUDE:
SOUTHWEST TEXAS    FROM MIDLAND            LBBSPSMAF...WWUS35 KMAF
CONCHO VALLEY      FROM SAN ANGELO         LBBSPSSJT...WWUS35 KSJT
NORTH TEXAS        FROM FORT WORTH         FTWSPSFTW...WWUS35 KFTW
SOUTHEAST TEXAS    FROM HOUSTON/GALVESTON  SATSPSHOU...WWUS35 KHOU
COASTAL BEND/      FROM CORPUS CHRISTI     SATSPSCRP...WWUS35 KCRP
RIO GRANDE PLAINS