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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1238 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  KERR

  BANDERA



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 1238 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

  VANDERPOOL...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TARPLEY...MOVING

  NORTH AT 20 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PIPE CREEK...MOUNTAIN

  HOME...MEDINA...KERRVILLE...KERRVILLE STATE PARK...KERR WILDLIFE

  MGMT AREA...INGRAM...HUNT...CENTER POINT...CAMP VERDE AND BANDERA.



THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1.75 INCHES PER 

HOUR.   



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



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.



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 2967 9958 2963 9892 2971 9884 2977 9895

          3011 9896 3012 9935 3026 9936 3026 9973

          2997 9961



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