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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

420 PM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM CDT FOR THE 

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...LEE, BASTROP, FAYETTE, LAVACA, BURNET, LLANO, 

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

HAYS, CALDWELL, COMAL, GUADALUPE, GONZALES, BEXAR, WILSON, KARNES 

AND DEWITT.



A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES 

OF 2 TO 3.5 INCHES PER HOUR CONTINUED FROM HALLETTSVILLE NORTHWARD 

TO LA GRANGE AND LINCOLN.  MOVEMENT IS NORTH AT 20 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 5 INCHES 

PER HOUR ACROSS BLANCO COUNTY.  THIS STORM WAS BACK-BUILDING INTO 

KENDALL COUNTY.



ELSEWHERE, A STEADILY DECREASING AREA OF RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS THE 

HILL COUNTY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.  EVEN THROUGH RAINFALL RATES 

WERE LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER INCH PER HOUR, FLOOD PROBLEMS CONTINUED.  

ALSO, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING OVER FAR SOUTHERN 

TEXAS AND MOVING NORTH TOWARD THIS AREA.  



NUMEROUS RIVERS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS WERE ALREADY IN FLOOD OR WERE RAPIDLY APPROACHING FLOOD WITH 

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ISSUED.  ALSO, WIDESPREAD ROAD CLOSURES 

CONTINUED.  



AREAS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING  

HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL AVERAGE 

2 TO 4 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. 



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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