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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

601 AM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 6 AM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THE WEST PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS FOR TODAY...



AT 601 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF 

RAIN...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF KINNEY...

UVALDE...REAL...EDWARDS AND EASTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY...MOVING

NORTH AT 15 MPH.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL

CONTINUE THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS

POSSIBLE.



FURTHER SOUTH...ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE OVER PARTS OF MAVERICK

COUNTY. 

  

A LOW ALOFT OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS EARLY THIS

MORNING IS FORECAST TO DRIFT WEST TODAY.  RAIN WITH SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED OVER THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA

TODAY...WITH RAIN POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES.  THIS COULD CAUSE

FLOODING AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS.   



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST

WEATHER INFORMATION.



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

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