

000 

WGUS54 KEWX 251611

FFWSAT

TXC149-251945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1109 AM CDT SUN APR 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LA GRANGE



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT



AT 1109 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AREAS 

OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER AND DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF FAYETTE 

COUNTY...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 2982 9721 2969 9712 2974 9692 2996 9666

          3012 9672 3002 9698



$$



000 

WGUS54 KEWX 251611

FFWSAT

TXC149-251945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1109 AM CDT SUN APR 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LA GRANGE



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT



AT 1109 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AREAS 

OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER AND DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF FAYETTE 

COUNTY...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 2982 9721 2969 9712 2974 9692 2996 9666

          3012 9672 3002 9698



$$

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