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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

725 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 WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY

   UNTIL 830 PM CDT...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ATASCOSA COUNTY

   UNTIL 930 PM CDT...





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 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 

ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE HILL 

COUNTRY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. ISOLATED STORMS OVER WILLIAMSON 

AND ATASCOSA COUNTIES ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 

INCHES AN HOUR. RAINS ACROSS THE AREA WILL CREATE FLOODING PROBLEMS 

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

NEAR CAPACITY. 



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.



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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