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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

705 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING SOUTH 

CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES TIL NOON...GILLESPIE...BLANCO...TRAVIS... 

KERR...KENDALL...HAYS...BANDERA...BEXAR...COMAL...UVALDE...MEDINA...

ZAVALA...DIMMIT...FRIO AND ATASCOSA...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS...INCLUDING THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...



...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS POUND ALREADY FLOODED AREAS OF HILL COUNTRY 

OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING...



...NORTHEASTERN DIMMIT...SOUTHEASTERN ZAVALA COUNTIES...NEAR BIG 

WELLS HIT HARD BY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...CLOSING STATE HIGHWAY 85...  



AT 7 AM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATE WIDESPREAD RAINS AND 

SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS FROM THE WINTER GARDENS AREA NORTHWARD THROUGH MUCH OF THE   

CENTRAL AND EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH 

CENTRAL TEXAS.  RAINFALL RATES AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES PER 

HOUR WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIER STORMS OVER KENDALL

COUNTY. 



THE HILL COUNTRY IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE EARLY THIS MORNING WITH 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING TO POUND ALREADY SWOLLEN WATERSHEDS OF THE 

THE GUADALUPE...PEDERNALES AND BLANCO RIVERS.  CAMPERS AND OTHER 

OUTDOOR RECREATIONISTS ARE URGED TO VACATE THESE WATERSHEDS AND GET 

TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 

WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW 

LYING AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES AS 

WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING AREAS.  STAY AWAY FROM 

RIVERS...SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS.  CONTINUED RAINS WILL CAUSE 

RIVERS TO REMAIN HIGH AND DANGEROUSLY SWIFT.      



DRIVING IS DISCOURAGED ACROSS THE FLOOD WARNED AREAS TODAY .  IF YOU 

MUST VENTURE OUT...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER 

COVERS THE ROAD. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER 

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

INFORMATION.

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