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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

331 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR COMAL...WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...HAYS... 

CALDWELL AND GUADALUPE HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BANDERA...MEDINA... 

BEXAR...KENDALL AND BLANCO COUNTIES UNTIL 5 PM...

...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 SUNSET. 



THROUGH 5 PM...THE FOCUS FOR HEAVIEST RAINS WILL SHIFT SLOWLY 

WESTWARD INTO THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND ALSO THE HONDO... 

UVALDE...AND BATESVILLE AREAS. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

CONTINUE ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND THE COASTAL PRAIRIES.  

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE COASTAL BEND WILL MOVE 

NORTH INTO THESE SAME AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS 

EVENING. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH OVER THE 

FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA WITH THE SETTING OF THE SUN. 



LATE AFTERNOON RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH 

RANGE ACROSS THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND ALONG THE BALCONES 

ESCARPMENT. ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF AN INCH OR MORE CAN BE 

EXPECTED OVER THE REMAINING AREAS IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WITH 

SATURATED SOILS...ANY HEAVY RAINS TOTALLING AN INCH OR MORE IN A 

SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 



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 LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING.



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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