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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

915 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

   ...UVALDE...MEDINA...FRIO...AND WILSON...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM THIS SUNDAY

   EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...ATASCOSA...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 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM AROUND CAMPBELLTON 

TO KARNES CITY...KENEDY...AND HELENA.  NEW DEVELOPMENT WAS NOTED 

SOUTH OF A HINDES TO DILLEY TO CARRIZO SPRINGS LINE.  RAINFALL RATES 

OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WERE INDICATED.  ALSO...GUSTY WINDS ARE 

POSSIBLE.  THE RAINS WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH.



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

STREAMS...AND RIVERS TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES.



ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS WERE OVER UVALDE...MEDINA...FRIO...AND 

WILSON COUNTIES WITH RAINFALL RATES AROUND THREE-QUARTERS INCH OR 

LESS.  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.  



SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO 

SOUTH OF AN EAGLE PASS TO SAN ANTONIO TO HALLETTSVILLE 

LINE...ALTHOUGH...RAINS WILL GENERALLY DECREASE BY MIDNIGHT.  THEY 

WILL AGAIN FLARE UP 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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