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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

614 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  WILLIAMSON

  TRAVIS

  BLANCO

  KENDALL



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 614 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN TRAINING ACROSS THE WARNED 

  AREA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...BUT WILL 

  LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND I-35 

  CORRIDOR THROUGH 7 AM.



DOPPLER RADAR AND AREA RAINFALL REPORTS INDICATES RAINFALL TOTALS 

ALREADY APPROACHING 2 INCHES ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE WARNED

AREA. RADAR TRENDS SUGGESTS AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. 

WITH GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...THIS ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL RESULT LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS 

QUICKLY BECOMING FLOODED.



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.



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 3013 9890 2984 9889 3003 9838 3036 9821

          3030 9801 3053 9721 3075 9730 3072 9786

          3043 9813 3048 9837 3047 9856 3013 9855



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