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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

955 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  ATASCOSA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 955 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  10 MILES NORTHWEST OF POTEET MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.  SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2.5 INCHES PER    

  HOUR.  THE RAIN WILL AGGRAVATE 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.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2872 9875 2870 9839 2881 9818 2906 9844

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