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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

347 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002



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

UNTIL 530 PM...BANDERA...KENDALL...KERR...UVALDE...AND REAL...



...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...



...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS ALREADY FLOODED AREAS 

ALONG THE ESCARPMENT AND SOUTHEASTERN HILL COUNTRY AT MID 

AFTERNOON...



AT 345 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED 

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING FROM COTULLA AND 

CARRIZO SPRINGS NORTH TO KERRVILLE AND FREDERICKSBURG.  RAINFALL 

RATES OF UP TO AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR WERE NOTED ALONG THE 

ESCARPMENT AND SOUTHEASTERN HILL COUNTRY.  



THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ADD TO THE FLOOD PROBLEMS ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREAS.  NUMEROUS RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE MUCH OF THE 

HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS REMAIN IN OR NEAR FLOOD 

CONDITIONS.  AMONG THE WATERSHEDS VULNERABLE ARE THE GUADALUPE...SAN 

ANTONIO...AND NUECES.



FLOOD PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY SPREAD TO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS TONIGHT.



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

THESE WATERSHEDS AND GET TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.  EXCESSIVE 

RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN 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 

LIFE-THREATENING WEATHER SITUATION.  STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA 

OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.  

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