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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1204 PM CDT MON JUL 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  ZAVALA

  DIMMIT



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 1204 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM BIG WELLS AND BRUNDAGE TO BATESVILLE WITH RAINFALL RATES 

  OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR.  THE RAINS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 

  10 MPH.



  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED THIS MORNING

  AND THE SOILS ARE LIKELY SATURATED...SO RUNOFF WILL BECOME RAPID 

  AND FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR.   



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 2855 10009 2855 9942 2907 9944 2907 10011

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