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TXC029-300300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

400 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RIVER FLOODING IN THE FOLLOWING            

  COUNTIES...  

  BEXAR



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS BEXAR COUNTY...MOVING NORTH      

  AT 15 TO 20 MPH.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR...WITH 

ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE.  TOTAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS THROUGH THIS EVENING COULD REACH 4 INCH IN ISOLATED 

LOCATIONS.



THIS CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL ON SATURATED SOILS WILL CAUSE RAPID 

RUN OFF OF WATER...CAUSING RAPID RISES ON LEON...SALADO AND OLMOS 

CREEKS.



ALL RESIDENTS ALONG LEON...SALADO AND OLMOS CREEKS SHOULD BE 

PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY OR HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED 

OR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.



NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS...CREEKS...UNDERPASSES...AND FARM-TO   

MARKET ROADS ARE LIKELY TO FLOOD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO 

REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY...PLAN TO USE ALTERNATE ROUTES...OR 

CONSIDER STAYING WHERE YOU ARE UNTIL THE FLOOD THREAT PASSES.



LAT...LON 2929 9879 2916 9845 2945 9822 2971 9844

          2971 9878



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