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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1150 AM CDT TUE OCT 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  GILLESPIE

  EDWARDS

  KERR

  VAL VERDE

  REAL

  BANDERA

  UVALDE

  KINNEY

  MAVERICK



* UNTIL 3 PM CDT



* AT 1150 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS FROM UVALDE COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD TO 

ENCOMPASS MUCH OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 

MPH.



RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS THIS MORNING CONTINUE TO BE A 

PROBLEM ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND THE MIDDLE 

RIO GRANDE PLAINS WITH NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES IN EFFECT.     



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE 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.



IN ADDITION...ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY.. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. 

THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP 

TERRAIN.



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.

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