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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1240 PM 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    

MAVERICK...DIMMIT...ZAVALA...FRIO...DEWITT AND KARNES COUNTIES

UNTIL 200 PM CDT...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS EXPIRED AT 1230 PM FOR BANDERA...

KENDALL AND COMAL COUNTIES...



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 RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF RAIN...WITH SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS...OVER PARTS OF MAVERICK...DIMMIT...

ZAVALA...FRIO...DEWITT AND KARNES COUNTIES



ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN WITH SHOWERS WAS OVER ATASCOSA AND WILSON 

COUNTIES...AND ALSO FORMING OVER SOUTHERN BEXAR COUNTY.



THE SHOWERS OVER KENDALL...COMAL...AND BANDERA COUNTIES HAVE

DIMINISHED...HOWEVER RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN THIS AFTERNOON.



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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