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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

805 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.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR BLANCO...COMAL...GILLESPIE...HAYS...

KENDALL AND KERR COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED.



AT 8 PM CDT...RAIN INTENSITY IN THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY HAD BEGUN TO DIMINISH.

NEXRAD RADAR STILL INDICATED A PATCH OF HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHEAST BEXAR

COUNTY...AND JUST WEST OF HALLETTSVILLE.  BOTH AREAS OF RAIN WERE

MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 25 MPH.



ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS DECREASED THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN

IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IN THE EARLY

MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY.  THE

THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN IS THE RESULT OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT

HAS MOVED INLAND OVER SOUTH TEXAS FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.  THE

TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT SLOWLY WESTWARD THROUGH TUESDAY.  SOILS

OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND EAST OF I-35 ARE ALREADY SATURATED.  EVEN

SMALL ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS WILL THREATEN TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING

OR MAKE THE CURRENT FLASH FLOODING EVEN WORSE.

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