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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

320 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BEXAR...KENDALL...BLANCO...BURNET... 

COMAL...GILLESPIE... WILSON...AND LLANO COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BANDERA...KERR AND MEDINA COUNTIES UNTIL 

630 AM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ATASCOSA AND KARNES COUNTIES UNTIL 7 AM...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BURNET...LLANO...REAL... 

GILLESPIE... BLANCO...EDWARDS...KERR...VAL VERDE...KENDALL...FRIO...

COMAL...BANDERA...BEXAR...MEDINA...UVALDE...KINNEY...ATASCOSA... 

ZAVALA...MAVERICK...AND DIMMIT COUNTIES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LLANO TO SAN MARCOS TO SAN ANTONIO TO  

HONDO... UVALDE...KERRVILLE...AND BACK TO LLANO.  HEAVY RAIN WAS 

FALLING FROM BLANCO TO CANYON DAM TO NORTHEAST OF SAN ANTONIO... AS 

WELL AS BETWEEN VANDERPOOL AND HONDO.  THE AREA WAS MOVING TOWARD 

THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.



A SECOND AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BEEVILLE TO PLEASANTON TO COTULLA.  HEAVY RAIN 

WAS FALLING BETWEEN PLEASANTON AND RUNGE.  THIS ACTIVITY WAS ALSO 

MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



SOILS IN THE WATCH COUNTIES ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM THE HEAVY 

RAIN OF THE PAST FOUR DAYS.  EVEN AS LITTLE AS AN INCH OF RAINFALL 

WILL BECOME IMMEDIATE RUNOFF...AND VERY QUICKLY BECOMING A FLASH 

FLOOD.



PLEASE REMEMBER THAT MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS 

TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH DEEP WATER.  A LARGE NUMBER OF DEATHS ALSO 

OCCUR WHEN CHILDREN PLAY IN FLOODED CREEKS AND STREAMS OR WHEN YOUNG 

ADULTS WALK ALONG THOSE FLOODED CREEKS AND STREAMS.  THEIR BANKS ARE 

SOAKED FROM HEAVY RAIN AND CAN COLLAPSE WITHOUT WARNING.

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