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TXC029-250300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

658 PM CDT SUN OCT 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  BEXAR



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 654 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SCATTERED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORM ACROSS SOUTHERN BEXAR 

  COUNTY FROM LACOSTE AND SOMERSET ACROSS SOUTHERN SAN ANTONIO TO

  SAINT HEDWIG AND ELMENDORF. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER

  HOUR WERE INDICATED. 



ALSO...SMALL STREAMS IN NORTHERN BEXAR COUNTY WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD 

FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS DUE TO EARLIER HEAVY RAINS.  



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 2928 9878 2915 9840 2947 9825 2969 9842

      2977 9857 2969 9878



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