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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

258 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 255 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER VAL VERDE COUNTY.  SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING FROM THE SOUTH TO THE 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN

AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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