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TXC029-020500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

755 PM CDT MON JUL 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  BEXAR



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 754 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN SAN ANTONIO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.  

  RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4.5 INCHES PER HOUR. 



* THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND...

  ALAMO HEIGHTS

  HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE

  HOLLYWOOD PARK

  WINDCREST

  CONVERSE

  SHAVANO PARK

  BALCONES HEIGHTS

  CASTLE HILLS

  OLMOS PARK



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN OLMOS CREEK...LEON CREEK...SALADO 

CREEK...APACHE CREEK...ZARZOMORA CREEK AND THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER.  

THEY WILL BE IN FLOOD CONDITIONS AT LEAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 



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 2942 9879 2932 9840 2951 9821 2967 9840

          2973 9840 2972 9844 2975 9860 2971 9880

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