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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

121 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  FAYETTE

  LAVACA

  DEWITT



* UNTIL 415 PM CDT



* AT 121 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS 

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

  THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY SATURATED 

  FROM PREVIOUS RAINS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.





LAT...LON 2900 9772 2884 9757 2895 9742 2933 9676

          2945 9673 2963 9689 2998 9663 3013 9684

          2980 9726 2963 9713 2940 9719



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