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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

540 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR BURNET AND ATASCOSA 

COUNTIES TIL 730 PM CDT...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR BLANCO AND REAL COUNTIES TIL 

615 PM CDT...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR KARNES AND DEWITT COUNTIES 

CONTINUE TIL 630 PM CDT...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF SOUTH 

CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FOR TONIGHT...  



AT 540 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS WITH MORE ISOLATED ACTIVITY EXTENDING WESTWARD INTO THE TEXAS 

HILL COUNTRY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. ISOLATED RAINFALL 

RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE OBSERVED BY RADAR ACROSS 

SOUTHERN BURNET COUNTY AND ENTERING INTO SOUTHERN ATASCOSA COUNTY.



MORE NUMEROUS ACTIVITY WILL PUSH NORTHWARD EARLY THIS EVENING AND 

AFFECT ATASCOSA...BEXAR...WILSON...GUADALUPE AND GONZALES COUNTIES 

DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  THESE HEAVY SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND RESULTANT 

FLOODING.    



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST

WEATHER INFORMATION.

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