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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

910 AM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR KINNEY, UVALDE, 

REAL, MEDINA, BANDERA, BEXAR, KERR, GILLESPIE, KENDALL, BLANCO, 

BURNET, WILLSON, KARNES, DEWITT, GONZALES, GUADALUPE, COMAL, HAYS, 

CALDWELL, AND LAVACA COUNTIES...



AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE FALLING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND 

THE HILL COUNTRY EAST AND NORTH OF A ROCKSPRINGS TO LA PRYOR TO SAN 

ANTONIO TO CUERO LINE.  THE WESTERN HALF OF THE RAINS WAS DRIFTING 

TO THE SOUTH AT 5 MPH WHILE THE EASTERN HALF WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH 

AT 15 MPH. 



AREAS OF HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE 

MORNING HOURS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH NOON WILL 

AVERAGE 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES.  SOME 

RAINFALL RATES COULD APPROACH 5 INCHES PER HOUR.  THESE TORRENTIAL 

RAINS WILL EXACERBATE ALREADY FLOODED CONDITIONS. 



NUMEROUS RIVERS AND CREEKS WERE ALREADY IN FLOOD OR WERE RAPIDLY 

APPROACHING FLOOD CONDITIONS.  AMONG THOSE RIVERS THAT WERE RISING 

RAPIDLY ARE THE BLANCO AND LITTLE BLANCO IN HAYS COUNTY, GERONIMO 

CREEK IN GUADALUPE COUNTY, THE COMAL, DRY COMAL, AND BLIEDERS CREEK 

IN COMAL COUNTY, THE FRIO RIVER BETWEEN LEAKEY AND CONCAN, AS WELL 

AS THE SABINAL RIVER BETWEEN VANDERPOOL AND UTOPIA.  



THIS IS A DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.  PERSONS ARE ADVISED 

TO TRAVEL ONLY WHEN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.  KEEP AWAY FROM LOW LYING 

OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SWOLLEN RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.  

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT DRIVING THROUGH LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...AND OBEY ALL BARRICADE MARKERS.   



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

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