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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1100 AM CDT SUN APR 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DEWITT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...YORKTOWN...YOAKUM...CUERO

  LAVACA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHINER...MOULTON...HALLETTSVILLE



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT



AT 1034 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AREAS 

OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER AND DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF LAVACA AND

DEWITT COUNTIES...FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINS ARE EXPECTED FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF THIS 

MORNING AND IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ALSO 

ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 20 TO 

30 MPH.  



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 2903 9768 2889 9760 2899 9732 2918 9689

          2940 9666 2960 9688 2959 9715 2935 9720



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