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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

427 AM CDT SAT OCT 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  TRAVIS

  HAYS



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 423 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WEST LAKE HILLS...ROLLINGWOOD...

  MANSFIELD DAM...MANOR...LAKEWAY...LAGO VISTA...BEE CAVE AND AUSTIN.





A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH WAS PRODUCING 

RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR.   



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND POORLY

DRAINED AREAS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED AREAS. A LITTLE

OVER A FOOT OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST CARS AND TRUCKS. TURN AROUND

- DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3005 9825 2983 9799 3041 9742 3041 9778

      3057 9801



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