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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

710 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 12 NOON TODAY...JULY 5TH FOR

BURNET...LLANO...WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...GILLESPIE...BLANCO...HAYS...

KERR...KENDALL...REAL...CALDWELL...COMAL...BANDERA...GUADALUPE...

BEXAR...MEDINA...UVALDE...WILSON...ATASCOSA...KARNES...AND FRIO 

COUNTIES.... 



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF 

RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF 

BURNET...LLANO...WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...GILLESPIE...BLANCO...

HAYS...KERR...KENDALL...REAL...CALDWELL...COMAL...BANDERA...

GUADALUPE...BEXAR...MEDINA...UVALDE...WILSON...ATASCOSA...

KARNES...AND FRIO COUNTIES.  RAINS OVER THESE COUNTIES IS

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  



A WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT HAS CREATED CONTINUED FAVORABLE CONDITIONS 

FOR RAIN TO FORM IN THE PREDAWN HOURS...AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 

THROUGH THE MORNING TODAY.  THIS RAIN HAS COME IN WAKE OF VERY HEAVY 

RAINS SINCE JUNE 30TH...AND WILL CAUSE EXTREME AND DANGEROUS 

FLOODING AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. EVEN 

AFTER RAINS LET UP OR END...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

FOR SEVERAL HOURS.  MANY CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS ARE IN 

FLOOD.  



AREAS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...MAY DEVELOP WEST IN THE NEXT FEW 

HOURS OVER PARTS OF DIMMIT...ZAVALA...KINNEY...AND EDWARDS 

COUNTIES...AND ALSO EASTWARD TO PARTS OF BASTROP...GONZALES...AND 

DEWITT COUNTIES.  



DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS AND HAZARDOUS AT LOW WATER

CROSSINGS.  SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS

WILL ALSO ADD TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS MORNING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS 

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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.

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