

225 

WGUS54 KEWX 150553

FFWEWX

TXC323-150900-

/O.NEW.KEWX.FF.W.0022.130615T0553Z-130615T0900Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1253 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MAVERICK COUNTY...



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* AT 1249 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE

  DETERMINED THAT RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE SLOW

  MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ELM CREEK

  TO SECO MINES TO EAGLE PASS AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES

  WERE ESTIMATED IN THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO

  4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED AS HEAVIER RAINS JUST WEST OF THE RIO 

  GRANDE MOVE INTO THE EAGLE PASS TO SECO MINES AREA. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...EAGLE

  PASS...QUEMADO...DARLING...NORMANDY...PALOMA...ROSITA NORTH AND

  ROSITA SOUTH.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...

LAS MORAS CREEK...PICOSA CREEK...GRANDE, RIO...ELM CREEK...HEDIONDO

CREEK...CHIMENEAS CREEK...SALADO CREEK...MUSTANG CREEK...TEQUESQUITE

CREEK...CUEVAS CREEK AND QUEMADO CREEK.



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 2853 10042 2858 10041 2867 10052 2874 10052

      2877 10055 2881 10055 2891 10065 2907 10068

      2908 10067 2906 10030 2853 10032 2850 10039



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