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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

400 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VAL VERDE



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 400 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  CONTAINED IN A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS VAL

  VERDE COUNTY.  



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  OVER LAKE AMISTAD AND COMSTOCK TO JUNO AND LOMA ALTA.  



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.

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