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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

605 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTH

CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY.



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR...

BLANCO...COMAL...GILLESPIE...HAYS...KENDALL AND KERR COUNTIES.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BURNET COUNTY HAS EXPIRED.



AT 6 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD

NORTHWARD FROM THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

AND THE HILL COUNTRY. NEXRAD RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN

BETWEEN KERRVILLE...FREDERICKSBURG AND MARBLE FALLS.  IT WAS MOVING

TOWARD THE NORTH 25 MPH.



SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN ON FRIDAY...ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE

REACHED AS HIGH AS 10 TO 12 INCHES BETWEEN BANDERA...KERRVILLE...

BLANCO...CANYON LAKE...AND COMFORT.  RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES

HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PARTS OF GUADALUPE COUNTY.



WITH SOILS OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND THE COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF

I-35 ALREADY SATURATED...EVEN SMALL ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS WILL

THREATEN TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OR MAKE THE CURRENT FLASH FLOODING

EVEN WORSE.



THIS THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN IS DUE TO A SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW

PRESSURE AREA IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THAT IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT

SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHWEST THROUGH TUESDAY.  THIS MEANS THE

THREAT OF FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE

HILL COUNTRY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT...AND LIKELY REDEVELOP

AGAIN ON MONDAY.

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