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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

205 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR EDWARDS...REAL...KERR...KENDALL... 

GILLESPIE...HAYS...CALDWELL...BASTROP AND LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM 

CDT...

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

COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



AT 205 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS

OF HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF 

EDWARDS...REAL...KERR...KENDALL...GILLESPIE...HAYS...CALDWELL...

BASTROP AND LEE COUNTIES.  THESE HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED FOR 

THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. 



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD

TOWARD 

COMAL...BEXAR...BANDERA...GUADALUPE...GONZAELS...

FAYETTE...UVALE AND MEDINA COUNTIES.  LOCALLY

HEAVY RAIN MAY FROM SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS 

AFTERNOON.



LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROVIDE RUNOFF INTO

ALREADY SWOLLEN CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS.  THIS WILL

CAUSE RISES ON THESE CREEKS...STREAMS OR RIVERS...AND 

THEREFORE EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS

OR LOW LYING AREAS.



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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