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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

412 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATASCOSA



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 412 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  15 MILES WEST OF POTEET...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEVINE...  

  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...

  OVER POTEET AT 425 AM

  7 MILES NORTH OF PLEASANTON AT 435 AM



* THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND...

  POTEET

  PLEASANTON



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING OVER THE 

NORTHERN HALF OF ATASCOSA COUNTY WITH MOST OF THE RAINS FALLING 

SINCE 11 PM SUNDAY EVENING. URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN 

THE POTEET AND PLEASANTON AREAS. RURAL FLOODING OF SECONDARY 

ROADWAYS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS ALSO LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ALONG 

THE ATASCOSA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.  



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.





LAT...LON 2923 9878 2885 9880 2885 9819 2912 9847

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