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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1144 AM CDT MON JUL 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  BEXAR

  ATASCOSA

  FRIO



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 1144 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN NEAR PEARSALL AND BETWEEN SOMERSET AND JOURDANTON WITH 

  RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR.



  ELSEWHERE...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WERE NOTED WITH RAINFALL RATES

  OF ONE-HALF TO ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES PER HOUR.



  THE RAINS WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH.



  INTERSTATE-35 IS REPORTED CLOSED NEAR DERBY.



FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY 

AFTERNOON HOURS...ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES WILL GENERALLY DECREASE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.





LAT...LON 2909 9879 2908 9939 2866 9940 2868 9837

          2878 9813 2915 9848 2948 9821 2971 9844

          2971 9880

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