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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

10 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002



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

   AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF 

   FAYETTE...LAVACA AND FRIO UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...





THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS 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.



WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS CONTINUE TO SHOW WIDESPREAD SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT 

COUNTIES OF THE HILL COUNTRY. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 

MPH. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE AVERAGING ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH AN HOURS WITH 

HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.



ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS ACROSS THE AREA WILL CREATE FLOODING PROBLEMS 

AS CREEKS...DRAINAGE DITCHES AND CULVERTS ARE ALREADY RUNNING AT 

NEAR CAPACITY. 



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES AND THROUGH 

FLOODED LOW-WATER CROSSINGS.  CAMPERS NEAR FLOOD-PRONE RIVERS SHOULD 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. RESIDENTS LIVING IN OR NEAR FLOOD PLAINS OF 

FLOOD-PRONE CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD BE READY TO SAFEGUARD LIFE AND 

PROPERTY WHEN THE WATERS RISE. 

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