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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

955 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.



AT 950 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED

BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO...BLANCO AND BURNET.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN

WAS LOCATED OVER CANYON DAM IN COMAL COUNTY.  ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS

MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 25 MPH.



ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAD BEGUN TO DECREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET

THIS EVENING...MANY AREA RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS REMAIN AT OR

VERY NEAR FLOOD STAGE.  EVEN THOSE STILL WITHIN BANKS ARE FLOWING

VERY RAPIDLY.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO STAY OUT OF DEEP WATER.  IF WATER OVER A ROAD

IS TOO DEEP TO SEE THE WHITE OR YELLOW DIVIDING LINE...IT IS TOO

DEEP TO TRAVEL ALONG.  ALSO...PARENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP THEIR

CHILDREN AWAY FROM THE RAPIDLY MOVING WATER UNTIL THE FLOODING HAS

SUBSIDED AND THE STREAMS ARE NO LONG RUNNING SO FAST.  IT IS

DANGEROUS EVEN TO WALK ALONG THE BANKS OF THESE CREEKS AND STREAMS...

SINCE THEY HAVE BECOME SOAKED FROM THE HEAVY RAIN...AND MAY GIVE WAY

WITHOUT WARNING.



EVERYONE IS URGED TO REMAIN AWARE OF THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY

RAIN TOWARD MORNING.  THIS THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE

DAY ON MONDAY...AND RESULTS FROM AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING SLOWLY

WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS.

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