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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

805 PM CDT THU JUL 4 2002



...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 800 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

ONLY A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.  VERY SPOTTY 

RAINFALL RATES WERE GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER INCH PER HOUR.  



HOWEVER...AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A 

LAREDO TO COTULLA TO BEEVILLE LINE WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.  THIS 

AREA MAY SPREAD ACROSS THE WATCH LATER THIS EVENING.  VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL WAS INDICATED WITH THIS 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 MAY 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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