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TXC013-493-090445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

846 PM CDT TUE OCT 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  WILSON

  ATASCOSA



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 846 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLORESVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF

  PLEASANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN STATIONARY AT TIMES OVER EASTERN ATASCOSA 

COUNTY AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WILSON COUNTIES WHERE OTHER 

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN SPOTS. 

RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST RAINFALL TOTALS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN 

ATASCOSA AND THE NORTHWEST HALF OF WILSON COUNTY COULD EXCEED 4 

INCHES IN SPOTS BY 10 PM. THESE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY 

PRODUCE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AND 

SECONDARY ROADWAYS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 2906 9843 2894 9828 2930 9780 2940 9809

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