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TXC013-121115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

214 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  ATASCOSA



* UNTIL 615 AM CDT



* AT 214 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA 

  OF MODERATE TO VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS ALL OF ATASCOSA       

  COUNTY. THIS AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING GENERALLY NORTH AT 20 MPH.



THIS AREA OF RAIN IS HAS BEEN PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES PER HOUR...AND AREAS OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS ARE RECEIVING 

3-HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO 5 INCHES. THESE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

WILL CREATE SERIOUS RUNOFF PROBLEMS OVER THE SATURATED SOILS OF 

ATASCOSA COUNTY.



EXPECT FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS... 

NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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.





LAT...LON 2867 9828 2879 9814 2913 9849 2922 9880

          2866 9878



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