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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

105 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR EDWARDS...REAL...KERR AND GILLESPIE

COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LLANO AND BURNET COUNTIES EXPIRED AT

1 PM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE TEXAS HILL 

COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



AT 101 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF GILLESPIE...KERR...

EDWARDS...AND REAL COUNTIES.  THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS THE NEXT FEW

HOURS. 



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER KENDALL...

HAYS AND COMAL COUNTIES.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY FROM

SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.



FURTHER EAST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS

OF EAST WILLIAMSON...PARTS OF TRAVIS...PARTS OF LEE AND

PARTS OF BASTROP COUNTIES.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO

POSSIBLE FROM SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

THIS AFTERNOON.  



THE LOW ALOFT...CENTERED OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS IS FORECAST

TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH MONDAY.  THIS WILL 

CAUSE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF RAIN FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY

AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH MONDAY. 



ON TUESDAY...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MAY DRIFT TO THE

WEST SOME.  THIS PATTERN WOULD CAUSE A GOOD CHANCE OF 

RAIN FOR PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS ON TUESDAY.  



THE GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN OUTLOOK THROUGH TUESDAY WILL

CAUSE MORE RUNOFF INTO LOW LYING AREAS AND ALREADY 

SWOLLEN CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS..  THE PATTERN 

SHOWS RISK FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING. 



BY WEDNESDAY...JULY 17TH...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM 

IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH OR NORTHEAST.  THIS WOULD

CAUSE WIDELY SCATTERED DAYTIME HEATING SHOWERS 

WEDNESDAY.  



BY THURSDAY...JULY 18TH...MORE STABLE CONDITIONS ARE

FORECAST OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

AND THIS TREND COULD POTENTIALLY EXTEND INTO THE LATE

PART OF JULY...AS A WEAK SUBTROPICAL HIGH BUILDS OVER

THE AREA...KEEPING THE CHANCE OF RAIN LOW.  WIDELY SCATTERED

DAYTIME SHOWERS COULD RETURN THE LAST FEW DAYS OF

JULY.  



IN THE MEANTIME...THROUGH TUESDAY...JULY 16TH...THE

CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE HIGH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

COUNTY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...MAY ALSO GET FLOODING.



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.

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