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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

910 AM CDT TUE OCT 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  EDWARDS

  KERR

  VAL VERDE

  REAL

  BANDERA

  KINNEY



* UNTIL 1200 PM CDT



* AT 910 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAINS FROM NORTHERN MAVERICK COUNTY ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER NORTH 

AND NORTHEAST TO ENCOMPASS MUCH OF KINNEY...VAL VERDE... EDWARDS... 

REAL...KERR AND BANDERA COUNTIES.  AN ESTIMATED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY IN 

THE PAST 24 HOURS WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN 

PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY. RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH TO AN INCH 

AND A HALF PER HOUR CONTINUE TH1S MORNING. 



OVER BANDERA COUNTY...CAMPERS AND RIVER RECREATIONISTS SHOULD MOVE 

AWAY FROM THE MEDINA RIVER.  A SIGNIFICANT RISE COULD BE MOVING 

DOWNSTREAM DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THE NEXT ONE TO TWO 

HOURS...INCREASING RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FLOODING.  CAMPERS IN 

JELLYSTONE RV PARK SHOULD MONITOR RAINFALL AND FLOOD FORECASTS. IF 

SERIOUS FLOODING DEVELOPS...RV CAMPERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE AS 

EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ADVISE. 

       

OVER EDWARDS COUNTY...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES PERIODS OF ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAIN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS OVER EDWARDS COUNTY.  CAMPERS 

SHOULD REMOVE AUTOS...RV CAMPERS...AND EQUIPMENT FROM THE NUECES 

RIVER FLOOD PLAIN ABOVE BARKSDALE TO ABOVE UVALDE. 



OVER REAL COUNTY...LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG FM 337 AND OTHER 

SECONDARY ROADS WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AND BE VERY DANGEROUS THE NEXT 

FEW HOURS. MOTORISTS SHOULD APPROACH DRAWS AND CROSSINGS VERY SLOWLY 

AND IN NO CIRCUMSTANCES ENTER FLOODED ROAD CROSSINGS. 

   

OVER MAVERICK COUNTY...

LIVESTOCK...EQUIPMENT AND PUMPS SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM FLOOD PRONE 

AREAS OF LAS MORAS...ELM...AND PICOSA CREEKS.  LIVESTOCK WILL 

GENERALLY MOVE TO HIGH GROUND WHEN THEY SEE A RIVER RISE 

APPROACHING.  IN THE RIO GRANDE...THE HIGH GROUND IS OFTEN AN 

ISLAND.  RANCHERS WITH LIVESTOCK AND EQUIPMENT IN THE RIO GRANDE 

RIVER CHANNEL SHOULD MONITOR NEWS REPORTS FOR FLOOD WARNINGS. 



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING 

FOR THESE AREAS. 

 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE HEAVY RAINS 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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

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