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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1030 PM CDT SAT JUL 13 20020



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE TEXAS HILL

   COUNTRY AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 5 AM CDT SUNDAY

   MORNING...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES

   UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...



AT 1029 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

EXTENDED FROM YORKTOWN TO CUERO TO SPEAKS TO WHARTON.  RAINFALL 

RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED.  RAPID RUNOFF WILL 

CONTINUE AND MAINTAIN FLASH FLOOD CONDITIONS IN DEWITT AND LAVACA 

COUNTIES.   



ELSEWHERE...THERE WERE A FEW SHOWERS WITH RAINFALL RATES LESS THAN 

ONE-HALF INCH.



PERSONS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 

HEAVY RAINFALL AND AVOID LOW LYING AREAS.



MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS AND AVOID DRIVING 

THROUGH LOW LYING AREAS OR INTO HIGH WATER.  DO NOT DRIVE AROUND 

BARRICADES.

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