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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1153 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE

TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



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

BANDERA...KENDALL AND COMAL UNTIL 1230 PM CDT...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING

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 SHOWS AN AREA OF DEVELOPING

RAIN...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS MOVING AND FORMING NORTHWARD.



FURTHER NORTH...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE

FROM THE AUSTIN AREA WEST TO PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND 

SOUTH TO THE SAN ANTONIO...HONDO AND UVALDE AREAS.



THE CHANCE OF RAIN REMAINS HIGH TODAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

AND THE HILL COUNTRY.   ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL CAUSE RUNOFF 

INTO ALREADY SWOLLEN CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS...AND

MAY CAUSE FLOODING AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE AVERAGING ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH AN HOUR...

WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES IN THE STRONGER 

THUNDERSTORMS.



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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