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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1011 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  FRIO



* UNTIL 215 PM CDT



* AT 1008 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

  PEARSALL...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF DILLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5

  MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MOORE...FRIO TOWN AND BIG

  FOOT.





LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED HIGH WATER RESCUES ON HIGHWAY

85 BETWEEN DILLEY AND BIG WELLS. RADAR ESTIMATES 10 TO 12 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING WEST OF DILLEY. ALTHOUGH 

THE RAINS SHOW SIGNS OF DECREASING...CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN 

IN FLOOD FOR SEVERAL HOURS.   



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 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.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2869 9937 2868 9883 2905 9884 2905 9937



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