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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1148 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  ZAVALA



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 1148 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRYSTAL

  CITY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF LA PRYOR...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5

  MPH.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF ZAVALA COUNTY.



THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 7 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR COMETA. ROADS AND STREAMS IN AROUND 

SOUTHWESTERN ZAVALA COUNTY ARE LIKELY FLOODED.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 2893 10010 2867 10009 2867 9980 2901 10010



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