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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

545 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  ZAVALA



* UNTIL 745 AM CDT



* AT 540 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN INDICATED OVER NORTHERN ZAVALA 

COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  OTHER DEVELOPING SHOWERS WERE

IN SOUTHERN MAVERICK COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST.  RAINFALL RATES OF 

NEAR 2 INCHES AN HOUR WERE OCCURRING IN THE HEAVIER STORMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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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