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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

302 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  MEDINA

  UVALDE

  FRIO

  ZAVALA

  MAVERICK

  DIMMIT



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 302 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA   

  OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF THE RIO GRANDE 

  PLAINS...AND SPREADING NORTHEAST INTO PARTS OF THE BALCONES 

  ESCARPMENT NEAR HONDO. THESE RAINS ARE DRIFTING GENERALLY NORTH AT 

  AROUND 15 MPH.



RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR REMAIN POSSIBLE...AND THIS 

IS OCCURRING OVER SOME AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES. EXPECT NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES IN THE 

WARNED AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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 2867 9885 2967 9881 2946 9899 2961 9905

          2958 10008 2909 10009 2907 10067 2826 10016

          2825 9943 2865 9944



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