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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1203 PM CDT THU OCT 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  GILLESPIE

  BLANCO

  HAYS

  KERR

  KENDALL

  COMAL

  BANDERA

  BEXAR

  MEDINA

  ATASCOSA

  FRIO



* UNTIL 200 PM CDT



* AT 1203 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  OVER THE SAN ANTONIO METRO AREA AND SOUTHEASTERN HILL COUNTRY.  

  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED.  FLOODING

  WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE.



* HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS KERR AND BANDERA COUNTIES AND WILL END

  ACROSS FRIO AND MEDINA COUNTIES WITHIN THE HOUR...HOWEVER SOME 

  STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL CONTINUE IN FLOOD THE NEXT COUPLE

  OF HOURS. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2967 9940 2869 9936 2866 9838 2878 9815 

          2912 9845 2946 9819 2960 9836 3009 9779

          3049 9857 3028 9971

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