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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

315 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF THE

   HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



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

   MAVERICK...ZAVALA...DIMMIT AND FRIO UNTIL 500 PM CDT...





THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM 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 CONTINUE TO SHOW WIDESPREAD SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL 

COUNTRY. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 



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

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



THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY STRONG DAMAGING GUSTY 

WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS 

DAY AND INTO TONIGHT...CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY.



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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