Flash Flood Warning 272, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jul 4, 2002, 4:50 AM CDT (09:50 UTC)

Expired

Jul 4, 2002, 12:00 PM CDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bandera County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Llano County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KEWX 040954
FFWSAT
TXC019-171-259-265-299-325-385-463-041700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
450 AM CDT THU JUL 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  LLANO
  GILLESPIE
  KERR
  KENDALL
  REAL
  BANDERA
  MEDINA
  UVALDE

* UNTIL 12 NOON TODAY...JULY 4TH...2002

* AT 455 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF 
RAIN...VERY HEAVY AT TIMES...FROM PARTS OF UVALDE AND MEDINA
COUNTIES...NORTHWARD TO PARTS OF REAL...BANDERA...KERR...
KENDALL...GILLESPIE...AND LLANO COUNTIES.

THIS AREA OF RAIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTME ALOFT 
OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS.  CONTINUED RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES IS EXPECTED
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  

EVEN IF THE RAIN DECREASES...RUNOFF FROM RAINS WILL CONTINUE
TO RUN INTO LOW LYING AREAS...STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS...CAUSING
FLASH FLOODING. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.  

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 
AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED 
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

LAT...LON 2982 9868 2977 9888 2912 9886 2912 10007
          2962 10010 2960 9998 3005 9995 3006 9978
          3004 9960 3028 9966 3025 9936 3025 9925
          3055 9933 3048 9890 3093 9888 3090 9850
          3023 9873 2998 9853

000 
WGUS74 KEWX 041045
FFSSAT
TXC019-031-171-259-265-299-325-385-463-041230-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
545 AM CDT THU JUL 4 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BLANCO COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 AM CDT...
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LLANO...GILLESPIE... 
KERR...KENDALL...REAL...BANDERA...MEDINA AND UVALDE COUNTIES UNTIL 
12 NOON CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL  FROM DIMMIT NORTH TO MEDINA AND 
CENTER POINT.  MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS IS NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS 
REMAINS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  3 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR RAINFALL FROM 
THESE STORMS HAVE CAUSED THE SABINAL RIVER NEAR SABINAL TO FLASH 
FLOOD THIS MORNING.  OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS OVER THE EASTERN HILL 
COUNTRY REMAIN IN FLOOD THIS MORNING. 

RUNOFF FROM THESE RAINS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS 
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF FARMLAND ALONG 
THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN
AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.