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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

555 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEXAR

  WILSON



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 550 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

5 MILES SOUTH OF CHINA GROVE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF KIRBY...  

MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH...WITH MORE NUMEROUS HEAVY SHOWERS AND 

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS KARNES...WILSON INTO SOUTHERN ATASCOSA

COUTNIES MOVING NORTH AROUND 20 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 AND A HALF 

TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE INDICATED WITHIN THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.

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