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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

256 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL BEXAR COUNTY...



* UNTIL 415 AM CDT.



* AT 246 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT

  RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE FLASH FLOODING 

  FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. VERY HEAVY

  RAINS WERE NOTED ACROSS MUCH OF SAN ANTONIO INSIDE LOOP 410 TO

  UNIVERSAL CITY AND SAINT HEDWIG. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 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. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WINDCREST...UNIVERSAL CITY...

  TERRELL HILLS...SAN ANTONIO...OLMOS PARK...LIVE OAK...LEON

  VALLEY...KIRBY AND ALAMO HEIGHTS.



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 2953 9879 2959 9833 2946 9818 2922 9834



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