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SOUTH TEXAS WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
448 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008
FLASH FLOOD WATCHES POSTED FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS COVERED MUCH OF THE 
WESTERN HALF OF SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WAS GENERALLY 
WEST OF A AUSTIN TO CORPUS CHRISTI LINE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD 
FALLEN ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER NEAR DEL RIO. AT DEL RIOS AIRPORT
5.70 INCHES FELL AS OF 4 PM BREAKING A DAILY RAINFALL RECORD AND RAIN
CONTINUED TO FALL THERE. SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS WERE OUT OF THEIR 
BANKS, SO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD BEEN ISSUED AND SEVERAL COUNTIES
WERE UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. ELSEWHERE, SKIES WERE PARTLY SUNNY.
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEARING EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS 
FROM THE EAST. THAT LINE RAN FROM BEAUMONT TO NEAR WACO AND WAS 
MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST. TEMPERATURES RAN THE GAMBIT THIS AFTERNOON.
READINGS AT 4 PM RANGED FROM 72 DEGREES IS A THUNDERSTORM AT DEL RIO
TO 95 DEGREES AT GEORGETOWN. 
SOME OF THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BUT MOST WILL DIMINISH WITH
SUNSET. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD OVERNIGHT. SATURDAY WILL FIND A
RAINY DAY AGAIN ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER WITH LESSER CLOUDS THE FURTHER
EAST YOU GO. TEMPERATURES WILL RESPOND TO THE CLOUD COVER. COOL WEST 
TO HOT EAST. ALL EYES CONTINUE TO WATCH GUSTAV AS IT MAKES IT WAY
TOWARD THE GULF.
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