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TXC013-029-163-011700-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1030 AM CDT MON JUL 1 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BEXAR...ATASCOSA AND FRIO 

COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CDT...



AT 1030 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHWESTERN FRIO 

AND WESTERN ATASCOSA COUNTIES WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES 

PER HOUR.  ELSEWHERE ACROSS ATASCOSA...BEXAR AND FRIO 

COUNTIES...WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH RATES OF 

ONE-HALF TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR.  



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL MOVE ONLY SLOWLY NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS DEVELOPING SOUTH OF THIS AREA AND WILL LIKELY 

MOVE INTO THIS AREA LATER THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON.  



FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH THE 

REMAINDER OF THE MORNING HOURS.   IT IS POSSIBLE THE WARNING MAY BE 

EXTENDED INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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