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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

550 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 SLOW MOVING CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 

TWIN SISTERS TO ROUND MOUNTAIN AND LAGO VISTA.  THE STORMS CONTINUE 

TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR.  THESE STORMS 

WERE DRIFTING NORTHEAST. 



ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED FROM HONDO TO SEA WORLD. 

RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR WERE OCCURRING BETWEEN RIO 

MEDINA AND SEA WORLD.  THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. 



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED RAPIDLY ACROSS THE 

REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AREA.  HOWEVER FLOODING PROBLEMS CONTINUE 

WHERE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT 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 SOMEWHERE WITHIN 

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 CURRENTLY LOCATED WEST OF AUSTIN.



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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