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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

500 PM CDT THU JUL 4 2002



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

BLANCO...KERR...KENDALL...COMAL...MEDINA...BEXAR...FRIO...ATASCOSA...

KARNES...AND WILSON COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR BURNET...LLANO...GILLESPIE...

BLANCO...EDWARDS...KERR...VAL VERDE...KENDALL...REAL...COMAL...

BANDERA...BEXAR...MEDINA...UVALDE...KINNEY...ATASCOSA...FRIO...

ZAVALA...MAVERICK...AND DIMMIT COUNTIES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...



AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

PERSISTENT BROAD BAND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SOUTH OF DILLEY AND KENEDY TO NORTH 

OF LLANO AND BURNET.  



THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.  THE BAND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY 

AND WAS TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREAS AS EARLIER RAINS.



ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR WERE INDICATED 

AND TOTALS CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE IN THE WARNED AREA.  THIS WILL 

CAUSE RIVERS AND STREAMS TO REMAIN IN FLOOD MAINTAINING FLASH FLOOD 

CONDITIONS IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.  IF YOU ARE NEAR 

STREAMS...RIVERS AND LOW LYING AREAS AS RAIN PASSES MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND IMMEDIATELY AS RUNOFF WILL BE RAPID.



OF SPECIAL CONCERN...IS THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THAT WILL IMPACT THE 

PEDERNALES RIVER WATERSHED BETWEEN FREDERICKSBURG AND JOHNSON 

CITY...THE MEDINA RIVER WATERSHED FROM BANDERA TO MEDINA LAKE TO 

CASTROVILLE...AND THE GUADALUPE RIVER WATERSHED FROM COMFORT TO 

CANYON LAKE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM RAINS 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. 

CAMPERS...HIKERS...AND OTHERS OUTDOORS SHOULD EVACUATE TO HIGHER 

GROUND.



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.



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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