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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

849 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEXAR COUNTY...



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT.



* AT 840 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE

  DETERMINED THAT RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE SLOW

  MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF BEXAR

  COUNTY. 8.41 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT SAN ANTONIO

  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 6 TO 9 INCHES EXTEND

  FROM MACDONA TO BETWEEN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO AND LEON VALLEY TO

  HOLLYWOOD PARK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN CAN

  BE EXPECTED.



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

  IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.    



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

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



MAJOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG LEON CREEK...ZARZAMORA CREEK...OLMOS 

CREEK...SALADO CREEK AND SAN ANTONIO RIVER AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES.



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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