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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

159 PM CDT THU OCT 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  GONZALES

  LAVACA

  WILSON

  DEWITT

  KARNES



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 159 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES 

  OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WERE NOTED.  



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 2900 9826 2870 9794 2936 9664 2978 9740

          2934 9786 2937 9817

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