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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1122 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



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



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILSON COUNTY



* UNTIL 515 AM CDT



* AT 1122 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY   

RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN AND AROUND FLORESVILLE IN WILSON COUNTY.  

RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE 

COUNTY DURING THE EVENING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

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

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS 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.



LAT...LON 2912 9832 2907 9828 2910 9810 2921 9797

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