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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

600 PM CDT THU JUL 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STERLING COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 558 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF STERLING CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10   

  MPH. THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH STERLING     

  CITY BY 620 PM. 



* DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS        

  FALLEN IN NORTHWEST STERLING COUNTY SINCE 430 PM. ANOTHER 1 TO 2   

  INCHES OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY BY 8 PM. MOTORISTS TRAVELING NEAR     

  STERLING CITY ON US HIGHWAY 87...AND STATE HIGHWAYS 158 AND 163    

  SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS WHEN APPROACHING LOW WATER CROSSINGS.   



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 3174 10124 3174 10084 3208 10083 3208 10122

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