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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

450 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DEWITT

  KARNES



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 445 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF VERY 

HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF KENEDY TO SHROEDER...  

MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF 

PER HOUR WERE INDICATED WITHIN THIS BAND.



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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