

000 

WGUS54 KEWX 101919

FFWEWX

TXC463-507-102215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

216 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  UVALDE

  ZAVALA



* UNTIL 515 PM CDT



* AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CRYSTAL CITY TO

  UVALDE TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF UVALDE AND FROM UVALDE TO SABINAL.

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



RUNOFF WILL BE ESPECIALLY MORE RAPID ACROSS UVALDE COUNTY DUE TO 

VERY HEAVY RAINS EARLIER TODAY.  

  

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

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

STREAMS.



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.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 2870 10006 2869 9949 2961 9951 2959 10007



$$

