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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1030 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR ALL OF

   THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF

   FAYETTE...GONZALES...LAVACA AND DEWITT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT...





A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TODAY 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 THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE EASTERN 

SECTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY MOVING NORTHEAST. STORMS OVER THE 

COUNTIES OF FAYETTE...GONZALES...LAVACA AND DEWITT ARE PRODUCING 

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 

TWO TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR 

THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS.   



THESE HEAVY RAINS 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. 



DO TO THE STRONG MOISTURE INFLOW OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE 

UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE REGION...CONTINUED SHOWER AND 

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY.



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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