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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

745 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM FOR COMAL 

COUNTY...UNTIL 930 PM FOR ATASCOSA COUNTY AND UNTIL 10 PM FOR BEXAR 

COUNTY... 



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS 

HILL COUNTRY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS..INCLUDING THE 

CITIES OF SAN ANTONIO AND DEL RIO... 



AT 730 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BROKEN 

LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN FROM 

SOUTH OF JOURDANTON ACROSS SAN ANTONIO TO CANYON LAKE TO JOHNSON 

CITY.  RAINFALL RATES ARE UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR.  SHOWER 

MOVEMENT IS NORTH AT 30 MPH.  THIS RAIN WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE FLOODING 

PROBLEMS.      



THE FLOOD PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY SPREAD TO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS 

TONIGHT.



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

WATERSHEDS IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA 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.  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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