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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

817 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

   ...DEWITT...ZAVALA...AND MAVERICK...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS SUNDAY

   EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...MEDINA...UVALDE...WILSON

   ...ATASCOSA...FRIO...AND KARNES...



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 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS BETWEEN 

FLORESVILLE...CAMPBELLTON AND AND KENEDY...THEN DEVELOPING TOWARD 

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

HEAVIER STORMS.  ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES...RAINFALL 

RATES HAVE DECREASED TO LESS THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR.  ALSO...GUSTY 

WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.



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

STREAMS...AND RIVERS TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES.



RAINS HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER DEWITT...ZAVALA...AND 

MAVERICK COUNTIES.  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.  



RAINS WILL GENERALLY DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE 

FLARING UP AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY.  AS A 

RESULT...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH ADDITIONAL RIVER 

FLOODING PROBLEMS POSSIBLE.



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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