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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1155 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS 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 THIS 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.  ALTHOUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED 

CONSIDERABLY IN AREAL COVERAGE...THERE IS AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE HILL COUNTRY WHICH IS MOVING 

SOUTHEASTWARD AND COULD AFFECT THE HILL COUNTRY EARLY THIS 

MORNING.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THESE STORMS COULD 

ADD TO THE ALREADY HIGH TOTALS AFFECTING FLOODED AND SWOLLEN RIVERS 

AND 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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