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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

555 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VAL VERDE



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 555 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF VAL VERDE COUNTY WITH OTHER THUNDERSTORMS 

MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



SECONDARY ROADS AND CROSSINGS ACROSS VAL VERDE  COUNTY WILL FLOOD 

THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE SLOWER...BE PREPARED TO 

STOP...AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ENTER FLOODED BRIDGES AND 

CROSSINGS. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THIS AREA CAN RISE VERY 

RAPIDLY. 

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