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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

348 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KIMBLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  SUTTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 345 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

  SONORA TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

   SONORA AT 405 AM CDT

   SEGOVIA...ROOSEVELT AT 415 AM CDT

   JUNCTION AT 420 AM CDT

   LONDON AT 500 AM CDT



* RAINFALL UP TO 1 AND A HALF INCH EXPECTED THROUGH 645 AM CDT



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH

MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.



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 3036 10093 3031 9934 3047 9951 3068 9951

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