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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

335 AM CDT THU JUL 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 

BURNET...LLANO...GILLESPIE....KERR...KENDALL...

REAL...COMAL...BANDERA...BEXAR...MEDINA AND UVALDE

COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BLANCO

COUNTY UNTIL 615 AM CDT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM

PARTS OF UVALDE AND MEDINA COUNTIES NORTH TO PARTS OF 

REAL...BANDERA...KERR...KENDALL...GILLESPIE...LLANO...BURNET...

BLANCO AND NORTHERN BEXAR COUNTY.  



ANALYSIS AND TRENDS IN THE PAST FEW HOURS INDICATE THAT THIS AREA OF 

RAIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH PART OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW...NOW OVER 

NORTHWEST TEXAS.  THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT

FEW HOURS AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS..COUNTRY ROADS..NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS..AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST

WEATHER INFORMATION.

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