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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

600 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  BEXAR

  ATASCOSA



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 556 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  DEVELOPING IN ATASCOSA AND BEXAR COUNTY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 

MPH.   RAINFALL RATES ARE CLIMBING TO 3 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR WITH 

THE        THUNDERSTORMS.



STREETS...SECONDARY ROADS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS THE 

COUNTIES WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  MOTORISTS 

SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE...AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ENTER 

FLOODED STREETS AND CROSSINGS.  AUTOS ARE VERY VULNERABLE TO FAST 

MOVING WATER. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 



LAT...LON 2874 9838 2915 9847 2947 9823 2963 9873

          2868 9874

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