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000 

WGUS74 KEWX 040547

FFSSAT

325-385-463-465-507-040800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1245 AM CDT THU JUL 4 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR ATASCOSA...

MEDINA...FRIO...AND UVALDE COUNTIES...UNTIL 430 AM FOR 

BEXAR...COMAL...GILLESPIE...AND KENDALL COUNTIES...AND UNTIL

5 AM FOR BANDERA AND KERR COUNTIES...



...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 1245 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BROKEN 

LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN FROM 

NATALIA TO HELOTES TO BOERNE TO FREDERICKSBURG.  IN ADDITION...HEAVY

RAINS WERE NOTES SOUTH OF TARPLEY TO NEAR UVALDE.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

WERE GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR BUT UP TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR 

IN SPOTS.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MPH.  TRAINING OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS COULD YIELD 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN IN SOME 

AREAS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  OF COURSE...THIS WILL ONLY

AGGRAVATE FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS.  



A GENERAL...SLOW WESTWARD DEVELOPMENT OF THE RAIN AREA IS EXPECTED 

THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.   



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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000 

WGUS74 KEWX 040552

FFSSAT

TXC013-019-029-031-053-091-127-137-163-171-209-259-265-271-299-323-

325-385-463-465-507-040800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1245 AM CDT THU JUL 4 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR ATASCOSA...

MEDINA...FRIO...AND UVALDE COUNTIES...UNTIL 430 AM FOR 

BEXAR...COMAL...GILLESPIE...AND KENDALL COUNTIES...AND UNTIL

5 AM FOR BANDERA AND KERR COUNTIES...



...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 1245 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BROKEN 

LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN FROM 

NATALIA TO HELOTES TO BOERNE TO FREDERICKSBURG.  IN ADDITION...HEAVY

RAINS WERE NOTES SOUTH OF TARPLEY TO NEAR UVALDE.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

WERE GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR BUT UP TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR 

IN SPOTS.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MPH.  TRAINING OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS COULD YIELD 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN IN SOME 

AREAS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  OF COURSE...THIS WILL ONLY

AGGRAVATE FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS.  



A GENERAL...SLOW WESTWARD DEVELOPMENT OF THE RAIN AREA IS EXPECTED 

THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.   



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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