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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1210 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY...GILLESPIE...BLANCO...

TRAVIS...KERR. ..KENDALL...HAYS...BANDERA...BEXAR...UVALDE...

MEDINA...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...



...STREAMS AND RIVER STILL RUNNING IN FLOOD OR NEAR FLOOD CONDITIONS 

AT LATE MORNING...



AT NOON...NATIONAL WEATHER DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED RAINFALL IN 

THE PREVIOUS WARNED ARE HAD JUST ABOUT ENDED.  AS A RESULT...MOST OF 

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED HAVE EXPIRED.  

HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER 

THIS AFTERNOON AND WARNINGS MAY BE HAVE TO REISSUED.  



MANY RIVER AND CREEKS ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS CONTINUE TO RUN AT FLOOD OR NEAR FLOOD CONDITIONS.  THIS IS 

TRUE OF THE WATERSHEDS OF THE GUADALUPE...PEDERNALES...BLANCO...AND

SAN ANTONIO RIVERS AS WELL AS CIBILO...LEON...AND SALADO CREEKS.



CAMPERS...HIKERS...AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS ARE URGED TO VACATE 

THESE WATERSHEDS AND GET TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.  EXCESSIVE 

RUNOFF FROM RAINS OF LAST NIGHT AND EARLIER THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE 

FLOODING OF SOME RIVERS...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.       



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 

LIFE-THREATENING WEATHER SITUATION.



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

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