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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

155 AM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY UNTIL 6 AM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THE REST OF THE NIGHT OR IN THE 

PREDAWN HOURS FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT AREAS OF CENTRAL AND 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



AT 155 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER VAL VERDE COUNTY.  

ONE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AND

MERGING WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FURTHER EAST...MOVING

SOUTH TO NORTH.  AS A RESULT...RAINS...WITH SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF VAL VERDE COUNTY FOR

THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING AT LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS...LOW LYING AREAS...AND ACROSS CREEKS AND DRAWS

THAT RUN ACROSS VAL VERDE COUNTY FROM THE NORTH TO SOUTH.  

IF THE AREA OF RAIN STALLS OVER VAL VERDE COUNTY...THEN 

THE RAINFALL EVENT WILL CONTINUE LONGER.



FURTHER EAST...SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OVER PARTS OF MAVERICK...

KINNEY AND EDWARDS COUNTIES...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.



IF THE RAIN MAKING WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER EAST...THEN

AREAS OF SHOWERS AND RAIN MAY ALSO AFFECT PARTS OF 

REAL...UVALDE...AND WESTERN KERR COUNTIES IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



OVER THE HILL COUNTRY TO ADJACENT SECTIONS OF THE EDWARDS 

PLATEAU...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE REST OF THE

NIGHT.  



ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE RUNOFF INTO SWOLLEN OR FLOODED 

RIVERS AND WATERSHEDS.



THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING RIVER FLOOD 

SITUATION.  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.

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