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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

426 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  WILLIAMSON



* UNTIL 630 PM CST



* AT 426 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  BETWEEN LIBERTY HILL AND FLORENCE.  THE RAINS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 

  20 MPH.  



  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED AND WILL

  CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  RAINFALL EARLIER THIS 

  AFTERNOON AND THIS RAINFALL ARE BRINGING SOILS TO SATURATION

  CAUSING FASTER RUNOFF WITH FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 

  FEW HOURS LIKELY.



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 3068 9801 3054 9792 3082 9766 3090 9777



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