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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

741 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

  VAL VERDE

  UVALDE

  KINNEY

  MAVERICK

  REAL 



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 731 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD 

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM MEXICO 

EXTENDING EAST ACROSS VAL VERDE COUNTY TO ALONG THE UPPER RIO GRANDE 

PLAINS AND INTO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY.  RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 

INCHES AN HOUR WERE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER STORMS. A TROPICAL PLUME 

OF MOISTURE FROM HURRICANE KENNA...OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC...WAS 

MOVING NORTHEAST OVER MEXICO INTO SOUTH TEXAS.  THIS ADDED 

INGREDIENT MAY INCREASE THE INTENSITY OF RAINFALL ACROSS

THE AREA TODAY.   



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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