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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1104 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 THE TEXAS HILL 

COUNTRY AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND 

TONIGHT...



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

AND AROUND ZAVALA COUNTY AT MID MORNING...



AT 1055 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED 

THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE WEST OF A JUNCTION TO 

UVALDE TO COTULLA LINE TO THE RIO GRANDE RIVER.  .

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



ELSEWHERE...THERE WERE DECREASING PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN...EXCEPT FOR 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM AUSTIN TO LAMPASAS AND FORT HOOD.  

RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE-HALF 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.    



FLOOD PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY SPREAD TO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS LATER 

THIS AFTERNOON.



CAMPERS...HIKERS...AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS 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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