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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1228 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEXAR COUNTY...



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.



* AT 1227 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE      

  ASSESSED THAT WIDESPREAD AND LIFE THREATENING FLOODING WILL

  CONTINUE ACROSS THE SAN ANTONIO METRO AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.   

  RECENT DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 

  TO 1 INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 PM CDT. THIS RAIN 

  WILL COMBINE WITH EARLIER RAINS OF UP TO 15 INCHES TO PRODUCE 

  ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. DOZENS OF HIGH WATER RESCUES AND 

  FLOODED HOMES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED...AND SOME OF THE 

  LARGER STREAMS IN BEXAR COUNTY MAY CONTINUE TO RISE...OR REMAIN 

  AT EXTRAORDINARY OR NEAR RECORD LEVELS. 



  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THIS 

  IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...SAN

  ANTONIO...ALAMO HEIGHTS...CHINA GROVE...CROSS MOUNTAIN...

  ELMENDORF...HELOTES...HOLLYWOOD PARK...KIRBY...LACKLAND AFB...LEON

  SPRINGS...LEON VALLEY...LIVE OAK...OLMOS PARK...SEA WORLD...SHAVANO

  PARK...SOMERSET...TERRELL HILLS...THE DOMINION...TIMBERWOOD PARK

  AND WINDCREST.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. THE LIFE YOU

SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.



&&



LAT...LON 2918 9858 2925 9877 2968 9878 2973 9857

      2971 9840 2957 9833 2950 9826 2945 9826

      2932 9828 2914 9842



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