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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

706 PM CDT THU JUL 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BURNET...LLANO...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 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL 

FROM AUSTIN TO NORTH LLANO AND BURNET...AND AN ISOLATED SHOWER NEAR 

PLEASANTON.  



THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE 

WARNED COUNTIES BY 800 PM. 



ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR WERE INDICATED 

AND 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.



AT 700 PM CDT...ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTH 

OF A COTULLA TO BEEVILLE LINE.  THIS AREA WILL MOVE NORTH AT 15 MPH 

AND MAY SPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH LATER THIS EVENING.



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

PEDERNALES RIVER WATERSHED FROM FREDERICKSBURG TO JOHNSON CITY...THE 

MEDINA RIVER WATERSHED FROM MEDINA TO MEDINA LAKE TO CASTROVILLE...

AND THE GUADALUPE RIVER WATERSHED FROM HUNT 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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