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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

127 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BEXAR COUNTY...



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT.



* AT 117 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT

  RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE FLASH FLOODING FROM

  VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE WARNED AREA. VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE 

  NOTED FROM ELMENDORF TO HELOTES TO SOMERSET. RAINFALL RATES OF 

  1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WERE NOTED. THESE AREAS HAVE RECEIVED 

  VERY HEAVY RAINS THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. SOILS HAVE BECOME MORE

  SATURATED. RUNOFF WILL BE MORE RAPID LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING. 

  THIS RAIN WILL IMPACT THE MEDINA RIVER...LEON CREEK...AND MEDIO

  CREEK DRAINAGES.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE SEA WORLD AND LACKLAND AFB.



IT IS HARD TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING AT NIGHT. IF FLOOD

WATERS RISE ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.



LAT...LON 2955 9878 2937 9840 2915 9841 2927 9878



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