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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1024 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  FRIO

  ZAVALA



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT



* AT 1025 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY    

  RAIN FROM LA PRYOR TO BATESVILLE TO FRIO TOWN MOVING NORTH AT 15   

  MPH.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF   

  1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING      

  INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH.  LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED            

  WATER OVER THE ROADS IN BATESVILLE.    



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS 

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR 

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID 

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



LAT...LON 2873 10002 2870 9943 2868 9888 2906 9889

          2906 10005



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