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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

725 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  KARNES



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 725 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER PORTIONS OF KARNES COUNTY SOUTH OF RUNGE AND KENEDY...

  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  KARNES COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 4 INCHES OF 

  RAIN ON HIGHWAY 181 BETWEEN KENEDY AND THE BEE COUNTY LINE.



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.





LAT...LON 2876 9790 2864 9776 2879 9757 2894 9772

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