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TXC021-055-149-187-287-041200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

350 AM CST WED DEC 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  LEE

  BASTROP

  FAYETTE

  CALDWELL

  GUADALUPE



* UNTIL 600 AM CST



* AT 350 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  LOCKHART TO BASTROP TO LINCOLN...AND FROM CISTERN TO ROUND TOP...

  AND APPROACHING SEGUIN AND MARION.  RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO ONE 

  AND ONE HALF INCHES PER HOUR WERE ESTIMATED.  



RAINFALL WILL MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED RAINFALL 

SINCE AROUND MIDNIGHT.  THE SOILS ARE BECOMING SATURATED AND RUNOFF 

WILL BECOME RAPID.   SOME ISOLATED TOTALS ARE AROUND THREE INCHES.

 

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 2960 9820 2943 9800 2981 9733 2967 9690

          3001 9664 3059 9700



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