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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1151 PM CDT TUE OCT 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  GUADALUPE



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 1151 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS      

  THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20  

  MPH ACROSS ALL OF GUADALUPE COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS 

OF GUADALUPE COUNTY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

AFFECT GUADALUPE COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 1230 PM BEFORE THE RAINS 

DIMINISH FROM SOUTH TO NORTH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 

1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. THESE 

HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND 

STREAMS. GERONIMO CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES WILL LIKELY BE FLOODED 

FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 2 HOURS.



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 2955 9817 2937 9804 2964 9770 2976 9791

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