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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1100 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATASCOSA COUNTY



* UNTIL 5 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING



* AT 11 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY      

  RAIN WAS FALLING OVER NORTHERN ATASCOSA COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATES   

  BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED THIS EVENING FROM THE HEAVY   

  THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE PERSISTED OVER PORTIONS OF ATASCOSA COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS...LOW-WATER CROSSINGS...ROADS...HIGHWAYS AND 

UNDERPASSES.  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND RIVERS AND OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 

FLASH FLOODING.



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 UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO 

NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.





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