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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1115 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  DEWITT



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 1112 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 5 MILES NORTH OF YORKTOWN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF CUERO...

  MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES ARE ESTIMATED AT 2     

  INCHES AN HOUR BETWEEN YORKTOWN AND CUERO.  THE GROUND IS ALREADY  

  SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT  

  IN RAPID RUNOFF CAUSING CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE RAPIDLY.  



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.





LAT...LON 2905 9768 2885 9759 2895 9743 2889 9729

          2911 9702 2931 9731

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