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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1240 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  DEWITT

 

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT



* AT 1240 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER YORKTOWN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF                

  CUERO...DEVELOPING NORTHWARD AROUND 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR          

  INDICATES RAINFALL RATES OF 1 AND A HALF INCHES AN HOUR NEAR       

  YORKTOWN.



SECONDARY ROADS...LOW BRIDGES...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE 

IMPASSABLE IN SOME AREAS THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT 

UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ENTER FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS MOST 

FLOOD FATALITIES OCCUR THIS WAY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.

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