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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

615 PM CDT SUN OCT 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  MEDINA

  FRIO



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  NUMEROUS AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS FRIO AND SOUTHERN MEDINA

  COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE YANCEY...NATALIA...MOORE...

  DEVINE...CASTROVILLE...FRIO TOWN...PEARSALL...DILLEY AND BIG FOOT.



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER SMALL CREEKS AND

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

DRAINED AREAS.



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...

COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 2870 9938 2868 9886 2936 9883 2928 9941



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