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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

228 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BEXAR...KENDALL AND BLANCO 

COUNTIES UNTIL 5 PM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COMAL COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM 

CDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...HAYS... 

CALDWELL AND GUADALUPE 3 PM CDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...



NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE 

EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH LATE THIS 

AFTERNOON. THROUGH 5 PM...THE FOCUS FOR THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL 

SHIFT SLOWLY NORTHWEST FROM THE I-35 CORRIDOR INTO THE EASTERN HILL 

COUNTRY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS 

AFTERNOON ALONG THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT AND OVER THE EASTERN HILL 

COUNTRY. 



LATE AFTERNOON HEATING WILL ALSO INCREASE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM 

DEVELOPMENT OVER THE COASTAL PRAIRIES AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS WHERE 

ABUNDANT SUNSHINE IS REACHING THE GROUND. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 

INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.



THESE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL PRODUCE RAPID FLASH 

FLOODING OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. EXPECT RAPID RISES IN CREEKS 

AND STREAMS THAT ARE ALREADY NEAR BANKFULL. LARGER STREAMS AND 

RIVERS CAN EXPECT NEW RISES AND POSSIBLY REACH FLOOD STAGES LATER 

THIS AFTERNOON.



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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