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TXC013-019-029-031-053-091-127-137-163-171-259-265-271-299-323-325-38

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

400 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2002



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

COMAL...GILLESPIE...HAYS...KENDALL...KERR...LLANO...MEDINA....AND 

WILSON 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 THIS AFTERNOON.



AT 355 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LLANO TO SAN MARCOS TO SAN 

ANTONIO TO HONDO...UVALDE...KERRVILLE...AND MASON.  HEAVY RAIN WAS 

FALLING FROM PEDERNALES STATE PARK TO CANYON DAM...AS WELL AS SOUTH 

OF SAN ANTONIO...AND BETWEEN VANDERPOOL AND HONDO.  THE AREA OF 

STORMS WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 15 MPH.



A SECOND AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BEEVILLE TO FLORESVILLE TO PLEASANTON TO 

COTULLA.  HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING BETWEEN FLORESVILLE AND KENEDY. 

THIS ACTIVITY WAS ALSO MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 15 MPH.



SOILS IN THE WATCH COUNTIES REMAIN SATURATED FROM THE PAST FOUR DAYS 

OF HEAVY RAIN.  ESSENTIALLY...ALL RAINFALL WILL IMMEDIATE BECOME 

RUNOFF...PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING VERY QUICKLY.



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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