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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

559 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  ATASCOSA



* UNTIL 8 PM CST



* AT 552 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARLOTTE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTH OF       

  JOURDANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE ATASCOSA AND 

MCMULLEN COUNTY LINE. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE INDICATED BY RADAR 

TO BE APPROACHING SOUTHERN ATASCOSA COUNTY AND SHOULD AGGRAVATE 

RUNOFF PROBLEMS THROUGH 7 PM. THOUGH THE MAIN THREAT OF FLOODING IS 

OVER SOUTHERN ATASCOSA COUNTY...DOPPLER RADAR ALSO ESTIMATED HEAVY 

RAINS UP TO 2 AND 1/2 INCHES OVER A SMALL AREA AROUND 8 MILES 

NORTHWEST OF CHARLOTTE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW 

SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 

 



LAT...LON 2866 9882 2849 9853 2880 9811 2893 9825

          2907 9881

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