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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1010 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  MEDINA

  UVALDE



* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT



* AT 1010 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM JUST 

SOUTHEAST OF UVALDE TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF SABINAL TO HONDO...MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF 

INCHES PER HOUR AND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNING AREA 

THROUGH NOON. HONDO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ALREADY REPORTED NEARLY FOUR 

INCHES OF RAIN SINCE EARLIER THIS MORNING.



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.





LAT...LON 2960 9996 2911 9975 2914 9886 2955 9883



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