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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

247 PM CST MON NOV 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  WILLIAMSON

  TRAVIS

  LEE

  BASTROP

  HAYS

  FAYETTE

  CALDWELL

  COMAL

  GUADALUPE

  GONZALES

  BEXAR

  WILSON



* UNTIL 645 PM CST



* AT 247 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BROAD BAND OF HEAVY 

RAIN EAST OF THE ESCARPMENT.  RAINFALL RATES ARE ESTIMATED NEAR ONE 

INCH AN HOUR FROM SAN ANTONIO TO LOCKHART TO AUSTIN AND GIDDINGS.  

THIS AREA OF RAIN HAS MOVED LITTLE OVER THE PAST HOUR.  LEON AND 

SALADO CREEKS IN BEXAR COUNTY WILL BE DANGEROUS DURING RUSH HOUR.  

MANY AREAS CREEKS, SUCH AS GERONIMO, ONION AND WILLIAMSON CREEKS, 

ARE RISING.  SEVERAL ROADS IN HAYS COUNTY HAVE BEEN CLOSED. A CO OP 

WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED WATER OF FARM ROAD 302 NEAR COUPLAND.  



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 2951 9871 2891 9819 3005 9679 3086 9750

          3045 9793

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