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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

934 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2002



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

UNTIL NOON...BURNET...WILLIAMSON...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 

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



...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CONTINUE TO POUND ALREADY FLOODED AREAS OF 

ZAVALA COUNTY AND ALONG THE ESCARPMENT AND EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AT 

MID MORNING...



AT 930 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM CARRIZO SPRINGS TO 

UVALDE AND FROM YORKTOWN TO SAN MARCOS TO WEST OF AUSTIN TO FORT 

HOOD.  RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 5 INCHES PER HOUR WERE ESTIMATED.



ELSEWHERE...AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WITH A ISOLATED EMBEDDED 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND FROM SAN 

ANTONIO WEST TO DEL RIO AND SOUTHWEST TO LAREDO.  RAINFALL RATES OF 

UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WERE ESTIMATED.



THE HILL COUNTRY IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE AT MID MORNING AS A 

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RUNOFF FROM OVERNIGHT RAINS FLOWS INTO THE 

ALREADY SWOLLEN WATERSHEDS OF THE THE GUADALUPE...PEDERNALES AND 

BLANCO RIVERS.  CONTINUED VERY HEAVY RAINS THIS MORNING ARE ADDING 

TO THE FLOOD PROBLEMS BETWEEN UVALDE AND CARRIZO SPRINGS IN THE 

NUECES AND FRIO WATERSHEDS.  ALSO...OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING 

RAINS ARE ALSO CAUSING RAPID RISES TO RIVERS AND CREEKS ALREADY NEAR 

OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE IN THE SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN AREA.    



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.  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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