

000 

WGUS54 KEWX 240909

FFWSAT

TXC137-271-323-385-463-241300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

408 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  EDWARDS

  REAL

  UVALDE

  KINNEY

  MAVERICK



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 405 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THE UPPER RIO GRANDE PLAINS 

OVER MAVERICK COUNTY NORTHWARD INTO THE WESTERN HILL 

COUNTRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  FURTHER RAINS WERE MOVING 

NORTHWARD FROM MEXICO INTO MAVERICK COUNTY.  RAINS COULD CONTINUE 

WELL INTO THE MORNING. RAINFALL RATES COULD AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE AND 

TWO INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND STORMS.



HURRICANE KENNA IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC WAS STARTING TO HAVE AN 

INFLUENCE ON STORMS MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AS AN UPPER 

LEVEL MOISTURE PLUME WAS STREAMING NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA.  THIS 

MAY RESULT IN INCREASED HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL LATER THIS MORNING FROM 

THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS. 

         

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



000 

WGUS54 KEWX 240909

FFWSAT

TXC137-271-323-385-463-241300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

408 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  EDWARDS

  REAL

  UVALDE

  KINNEY

  MAVERICK



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 405 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THE UPPER RIO GRANDE PLAINS 

OVER MAVERICK COUNTY NORTHWARD INTO THE WESTERN HILL 

COUNTRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  FURTHER RAINS WERE MOVING 

NORTHWARD FROM MEXICO INTO MAVERICK COUNTY.  RAINS COULD CONTINUE 

WELL INTO THE MORNING. RAINFALL RATES COULD AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE AND 

TWO INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND STORMS.



HURRICANE KENNA IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC WAS STARTING TO HAVE AN 

INFLUENCE ON STORMS MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AS AN UPPER 

LEVEL MOISTURE PLUME WAS STREAMING NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA.  THIS 

MAY RESULT IN INCREASED HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL LATER THIS MORNING FROM 

THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS. 

         

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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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