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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

810 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR 

KERR...BANDERA...KENDALL AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES.  WARNING CANCELED 

FOR TRAVIS...HAYS...COMAL...BURNET...LLANO AND BLANCO COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING HILL 

COUNTRY AND ADJACENT AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



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 AND SUNDAY MORNING.  THIS AREA 

IS EXTREMELY 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 THROUGH 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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