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WGUS74 KEWX 020032

FFSSAT

TXC029-020100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

733 PM CDT MON JUL 1 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BEXAR COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM

CDT...



AT 728 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHERN BEXAR 

COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WITH RATES OF 3 TO 4.5 INCHES PER 

HOUR WAS BETWEEN THE MEDICAL CENTER AREA AND THE SAN ANTONIO 

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL RATES WERE ONE-HALF TO 

2 INCHES PER HOUR.  THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE DRIFTING TO THE 

NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.  



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.  LEON CREEK...SALADO 

CREEK...OLMOS CREEK...AND APACHE CREEK LIKELY WILL ALL RUN WELL 

ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS.  THIS WARNING WILL SHORTLY 

BE EXTENDED.  



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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