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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

600 PM CDT MON JUL 15 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY

   FOR ALL OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...





A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY TO 6 PM 

CDT 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 PATCHES OF LIGHT 

RAIN ALONG WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS 

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY. MOVEMENT IS TO THE 

NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE AVERAGING LESS THAN 

ONE-HALF INCH AN HOUR WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN 

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.



THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE VERY STRONG DAMAGING 

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



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT AND 

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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