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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

356 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MAVERICK COUNTY...



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



* AT 352 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE

  DETERMINED THAT RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE SLOW

  MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE ELM CREEK 

  TO EAGLE PASS TO ROSITA SOUTH AREA. EAGLE PASS HAS RECORDED 9.34

  INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 5 HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF

  1 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SECO MINES TO EAGLE PASS TO

  ROSITA SOUTH AREAS. NUMEROUS STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RISING HIGHER

  INTO FLOOD. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING. THIS

  IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. EVACUATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR

  THOSE LIVING ALONG OR CLOSE TO MAIN CREEKS. LOCAL OFFICIALS WILL

  BE IN THOSE AREAS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.   



  A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR ELM CREEK TO SECO MINES TO 

  EAGLE PASS TO ROSITA SOUTH.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  PASS...EL INDIO...NORMANDY...PALOMA...ROSITA NORTH AND ROSITA

  SOUTH.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...

PICOSA CREEK...GRANDE, RIO...ELM CREEK...HEDIONDO CREEK...CHUECO

CREEK...CHIMENEAS CREEK...SALADO CREEK...MUSTANG CREEK...CUEVAS

CREEK...SAN AMBROSIA CREEK AND QUEMADO CREEK.



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

SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN.



&&



LAT...LON 2847 10038 2849 10037 2853 10042 2858 10041

      2867 10052 2874 10052 2877 10055 2881 10055

      2886 10061 2892 10063 2893 10031 2847 10024

      2841 10035



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