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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1100 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 HAVE EXPIRED FOR ATASCOSA AND KARNES 

   COUNTIES...



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 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS SOUTH OF ATASCOSA COUNTY 

AND SOUTH OF DIMMIT COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH AT 

5 TO 10 MPH.  



ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF LESS THAN ONE 

HALF INCH PER HOUR ARE INDICATED OVER ATASCOSA AND KARNES COUNTIES.  

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

EXPIRED.  HOWEVER...SOME STREAMS MAY CONTINUE RUN HIGH FOR THE NEXT 

HOUR OR SO.  



THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF 

ATASCOSA AND DIMMIT COUNTIES.  OTHERWISE...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS 

WITH RAINFALL RATES LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE 

TO DECREASE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  



RAINFALL 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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