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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

932 PM CDT TUE OCT 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  CALDWELL



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 932 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER CALDWELL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOCKHART...

  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR SEGUIN AND 

PLEASANTON WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND INTO CALDWELL COUNTY 

THROUGH 11 PM. HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE 

EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ALREADY ESTIMATED UP 

TO TWO INCHES OVER WESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. 

THESE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING OF 

STREAMS...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS OF 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 2988 9769 2971 9761 2980 9740 2996 9764

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