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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

535 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CANCELED FOR DEWITT COUNTY...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND

ADJACENT AREAS OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR DEWITT COUNTY IS

CANCELED AND NO LONGER IN EFFECT.  THE HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A

SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF THE FLASH

FLOOD WARNING HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND MOVED OUT OF DEWITT

COUNTY.



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING BRIEF MODERATE

TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING

HOURS ACROSS A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST

OF SAN ANTONIO AND AUSTIN.  MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY...WHICH IS BEING

CAUSED BY DAYTIME HEATING...IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET.



ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF SAN ANTONIO AND

AUSTIN...AND OVER ADJACENT SECTIONS OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...A FLASH

FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT TONIGHT.  THIS AREA IS MORE PRONE TO

THE EFFECTS OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING SINCE MOST OF THE

HEAVY RAINFALL THE PAST WEEK HAS OCCURRED OVER THE HILL COUNTRY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO THE LATE

EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

AMOUNTS WHICH COULD ADD TO THE ALREADY HIGH TOTALS AFFECTING THE

GUADALUPE AND MEDINA RIVER WATERSHEDS.



THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING RIVER FLOOD

SITUATION.  JUST BECAUSE THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS

ABATED SOMEWHAT...PLEASE DO NOT THINK THE RIVER FLOOD EVENT IS

OVER.  IN SOME AREAS...IT IS JUST BEGINNING AND WILL CONTINUE WELL

INTO NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY THOSE LOCALES DOWNSTREAM ON THE

GUADALUPE...MEDINA AND SAN ANTONIO RIVERS.



ADDITIONAL BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED PERIODICALLY AS WEATHER

AND RIVER CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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