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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

859 AM CDT THU JUL 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BURNET...LLANO...

GILLESPIE...BLANCO...KERR...KENDALL...REAL...BANDERA...

BEXAR...MEDINA...AND UVALDE COUNTIES UNTIL NOON TODAY...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR PARTS OF 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM

BURNET TO SAN ANTONIO TO PLEASANTON TO CAMPBELLTON...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY AND TONIGHT AFFECTS THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...



BURNET...LLANO...GILLESPIE...BLANCO...KERR...KENDALL...REAL...

BANDERA...BEXAR...COMAL...ATASCOSA...FRIO...ZAVALA...DIMMIT...

MAVERICK...KINNEY...UVALDE...EDWARDS...AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES.



AT 840 AM CDT...AREAS OF RAIN...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM PARTS OF MEDINA AND BEXAR COUNTIES...

AND THEN EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO KENDALL...BLANCO...BURNET...

LLANO...GILLESPIE...KERR...BANDERA...AND REAL COUNTIES. 

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS.  FURTHER WEST WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS

WERE OVER PARTS OF VAL VERDE COUNTY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RECENT RAINS AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN

TODAY OR TONIGHT WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING OVER THE FLASH 

FLOOD WATCH AREA.  THIS RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS...STREAMS...RIVERS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND COUNTRY 

ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS.



A LOW ALOFT OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS WILL CAUSE A CONTINUED GOOD CHANCE 

OF RAIN FOR THE AREA THROUGH TODAY.  MANY RIVERS AND CREEKS ARE OUT 

OF BANKS OR IN FLOOD.  ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE 

PROBLEM.



HIKERS AND CAMPERS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND

AND AWAY FROM THE FLOOD PLAIN OF NEARBY RIVERS AND CREEKS.



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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