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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

702 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  BEXAR



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 702 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

SHOWERS MOVING NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL BEXAR COUNTY WITH RAINFALL RATES 

UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR.  THE LINE OF SHOWERS 

EXTENDED SOUTH TO JOURDANTON.  AS SHOWERS MOVE OVER THE SAME GROUND 

WHICH IS ALREADY SATURATED...FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN STREAMS 

AND OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS.  



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.



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 2966 9878 2929 9870 2920 9846 2944 9825

          2963 9839

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