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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sat Jul 06 2002 - 09:54:13 EDT
Unbelievable rain totals continue as San Antonio (78201) and surrounding
area. President Bush declared 10 counties in Texas
disaster areas. Thousands of homes have been evacuated and nine have been
killed. The NUECES RIVER {at} BLUNTZER rose over 10 feet in the last 24 hours.
The San Antonio River {at} Elmendorf has a flood stage of 35 feet, is
reporting 61.7 feet this morning.
AP Story Today:
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WEATHER/07/06/texas.floods.ap/index.html
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2002/2002-07-05-texas-flood.htm
"With heavy rain falling again, surging floodwaters ripped houses off their
foundations Friday and pushed up against dams already straining to hold
back swollen rivers across central and south Texas. Hundreds of people fled
their homes, joining more than 4,000 who have been forced out by high water
in the past week. Flooding has killed at least seven people and caused tens
of millions of dollars in damage."
Also:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/775347.asp (Yesterday's Article)
LOCAL COVERAGE (KMOL):
http://www.kmol.com/
Headlines from their site:
Big Flood 2002: Bloated Guadalupe River ravages New Braunfels
"Homes were torn off their foundations and bridges were washed out Friday
by floodwaters pouring down a narrow canyon and into the small Central
Texas city of New Braunfels. The National Weather Service forecast rain
into the weekend, and issued flood warnings for 24 counties in Central and
South Texas through Friday afternoon. Rain falling at 4 inches an hour was
possible, the weather service said. Travis Lorton, a spokesman for the
Helotes Fire Department, said about 20 acres of water as much as 30 feet
deep was behind the dam."
Big Flood 2002 Photo Slideshow
Medina, San Antonio Rivers To Have Record-Setting Flows
Big Flood 2002: Rains Delay San Antonio Cleanup
TxDOT Seeks Federal Aid For Soaked Highway System
Big Flood 2002: New Braunfels residents watch water swamp their homes
LOCAL COVERAGE (KSAT):
http://www.clickonsa.com/
WEATHERBUG STATION REPORTS (N/A Today):
AWS Boern Station reported 26.72" of rain for July
http://megawx.aws.com/kmol/wx.asp?id=BOERN
AWS Eleanor Kolitz Academy Station reported 16.69" of rain for July
http://www.aws.com/kmol/wx.asp?id=SANAO
RADAR-ESTIMATED PRECIP SHOTS:
The AccuWeather Doppler Estimated Precipitation Composite shows 2-5" of
rain near San Antonio in the last 24 hours:
http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/mosaic_radar.asp?nav=meteo&nxtype=24HR&type=still&getarea=SC&btnget=1&partner=6037
The weekly total shows well over 24" (off the chart) in the last week
(mostly in the last 6
days):
http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/mosaic_radar.asp?nav=meteo&nxtype=7d&type=still&getarea=SC&btnget=1&partner=6037
The 30-day total tells the story best: over 48" in the last 30 days (mostly
in the last 6
days):
http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/mosaic_radar.asp?nav=meteo&nxtype=30d&type=still&getarea=SC&btnget=1&partner=6037
If you check the June rainfall for San Antonio, you can see they had no
measureable rainfall until the last day of the month, which was this start
of this flood. In fact they were conserving water and under drought
conditions:
http://www.accuweather.com/adcbin/climo_local?month=jun&metric=0&record=&year=&partner=6037&location=SAT
The National Weather Service Central Texas NEXRAD Estimated Precipitation
graphic shows Over 33.8"* of rain near San Antonio since June 26, primarily
in the last 6 days:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS.80stp/si.kgrk.shtml
The San Antonio Radar shows 33.3"* rain in the last 6 days:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS.80stp/si.kewx.shtml
*Total From AccuWeather Premium Storm Total Map & 3-Hour Precip Animation
http://www.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium?partner=6037
ROAD REPORTS:
150 Roads in the San Antonio area are listed with Flood conditions and
detours/delays:
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/hcr/flood.htm
RIVER REPORTS:
USGS reports record streamflows across state:
http://water.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/dailyMainW?state=tx&map_type=real
NWS Reports 3 locations over 10 feet above flood stage, 4 at 5-10 feet above:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hic/current/river_flooding/graphicsum.jpg
The NUECES RIVER {at} BLUNTZER rose over 10 feet in the last 24 hours.
The San Antonio River {at} Elmendorf has a flood stage of 35 feet, is
reporting 61.7 feet this morning.
Specific Reports:
http://www.clickonsa.com/weather/riversandreservoirs/
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/tx/hydro.html
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/tx/nwis/current?type=flow
NWS FLOOD SUMMARY: "Continued catastrophic flooding in parts of central and
southern Texas."
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hic/current/fln/fln_sum.shtml
FLOOD ADVSORIES:
http://hydrology.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hic/WFOs/FLOOD/index.shtml
http://www.uswx.com/us/wx/TX/
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