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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

554 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN 

  EDWARDS COUNTY AND FAR NORTHERN KINNEY COUNTY...FROM ABOUT 5 MILES

  SOUTH OF ROCKSPRINGS TO BARKSDALE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF

  BARKSDALE...THEN WEST TO CARTA VALLEY.  THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH

  FLOODING WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL

  RATES OF NEARLY TWO AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR.  



* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



LAT...LON 2955 10068 2953 10017 2989 10002 2979 10067



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