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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1042 AM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002...CORRECTED FOR COUNTIES IN WARNING



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

MEDINA, BANDERA, KERR, BEXAR, KENDALL, GILLESPIE, LLANO, BURNET, 

BLANCO, HAYS, COMAL, GUADALUPE, WILSON, KARNES, DEWITT, GONZALES, 

CALDWELL, TRAVIS, BASTROP, FAYETTE, AND LAVACA COUNTIES...



A CLUSTER OF STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED 

OVER MUCH OF UVALDE COUNTY WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 4 INCHES PER 

HOUR.  LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF ALL RIVERS IN AND AROUND UVALDE 

COUNTY WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS.  THIS INCLUDES THE SABINAL 

FROM ABOVE VANDERPOOL TO BELOW SABINAL, THE FRIO FROM ABOVE LEAKEY 

TO BELOW KNIPPA, THE NUECES FROM ABOVE BARKSDALE TO NEAR LA PRYOR, 

AND THE LEONA FROM ABOVE UVALDE TO BATESVILLE.   



ELSEWHERE, A STATIONARY AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUED ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE HILL COUNTY TO ALONG THE 

I-35 CORRIDOR BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND GEORGETOWN WITH RAINFALL RATES 

OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.  



ALSO, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF GOLIAD 

TO BASTROP LINE WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL 

MOVE NORTH AT 20 MPH.  



AREAS OF HEAVY RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY 

AFTERNOON HOURS.  IN ADDITION, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

DEVELOP OVER FAR SOUTHERN TEXAS AND MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS 

THIS AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON 

WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES.  

SOME RAINFALL RATES COULD APPROACH 5 INCHES PER HOUR.  THESE 

TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL EXACERBATE ALREADY FLOODED CONDITIONS. 



IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED RIVERS, NUMEROUS RIVERS AND 

CREEKS WERE ALREADY IN FLOOD OR WERE RAPIDLY APPROACHING FLOOD 

CONDITIONS.  AMONG THOSE RIVERS THAT WERE RISING RAPIDLY ARE THE 

BLANCO IN BOTH BLANCO AND HAYS COUNTIES, THE LITTLE BLANCO IN HAYS 

COUNTY, GERONIMO CREEK IN GUADALUPE COUNTY, THE COMAL, DRY COMAL, 

AND BLIEDERS CREEK IN COMAL COUNTY.



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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