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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1145 PM CDT MON JUL 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  TRAVIS

  HAYS

  COMAL

  BEXAR

  KENDALL



* UNTIL 4 AM CDT



* AT 1145 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY    

  RAIN EXTENDING FROM SAN ANTONIO AND BOERNE ALONG AND EITHER SIDE   

  OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR PAST NEW BRAUNFELS AND SAN MARCOS TO 

  AUSTIN.  RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE     

  EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS DRIFT SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST.  SINCE 

  THE GROUND IS SUPER-SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS DELUGES...THIS         

  ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL NOT SOAK IN BUT RUN OFF QUICKLY INTO ALREADY  

  SWOLLEN AND FLOODED CREEKS...LOW-WATER CROSSINGS AND RIVERS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 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 

IF SAFE TO DO SO.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.





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