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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

500 PM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS 

   AND THE HILL COUNTRY...



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 NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER BLANCO AND KENDALL 

COUNTIES NEAR KENDALIA AND BLANCO.  THIS STORM IS PRODUCING RAINFALL 

RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR. 



A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF 2 

TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR CONTINUED FROM LA GRANGE NORTHWARD TO GIDDINGS.

MOVEMENT IS NORTH AT 25 MPH.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DECREASING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE 

REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AREA.  HOWEVER FLOOD PROBLEMS CONTINUE DUE TO 

RUNOFF. 



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.  



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE FLASH 

FLOOD WATCH AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  THIS 

WILL OCCUR AS ANOTHER IMPULSE ROTATES AROUND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW 

PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.



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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