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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

618 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY

   AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH MONDAY...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE EXPIRED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

   DIMMIT...EDWARDS...REAL...KENDALL...COMAL...BANDERA...BASTROP

   ...LEE AND FAYETTE.



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM THIS SUNDAY

   EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...GUADALUPE...BEXAR...

   MEDINA...UVALDE...ZAVALA...KINNEY...MAVERICK AND VAL VERDE...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT...MONDAY AND 

INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL...

COMAL...DEWITT...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...FRIO...GILLESPIE...

GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY... 

LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS... 

UVALDE...VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON...WILSON AND ZAVALA.



AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM THE RIO GRANDE 

VALLEY BETWEEN PANDALE AND EAGLE PASS...THEN EXTENDING EAST TO 

BRACKETTVILLE TO BATESVILLE TO SOUTH SAN ANTONIO TO CUERO TO EDNA.  

RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED IN THE HEAVIER 

STORMS.  ELSEWHERE...THERE WERE PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN WITH RAINFALL 

RATES OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH.  



THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL PROVIDE RUNOFF INTO ALREADY SWOLLEN CREEKS... 

STREAMS...AND RIVERS.  THIS WILL CAUSE RISES ON THESE CREEKS... 

STREAMS...AND RIVERS.  THEREFORE EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED AT LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS OR LOW LYING AREAS.



RAINS HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OR HAVE ENDED OVER   

DIMMIT...EDWARDS...REAL...KENDALL...COMAL...BANDERA...BASTROP...AND 

FAYETTE.  AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED 

HAVE BEEN LET TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER...SOME STREAMS MAY CONTINUE RUN 

HIGH FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.  



ADDITIONAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT.  THE OUTLOOK FOR 

MONDAY IS A VERY WET DAY WITH FLOODING LIKELY AND MORE RUNOFF 

CREATING ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING PROBLEMS.



PLEASE...REMEMBER...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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