FLASH FLOOD *WARNING* FOR CENTRAL TEXAS

  

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
942 AM CDT SAT OCT 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HAYS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
COMAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
CALDWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
BEXAR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
CENTRAL GUADALUPE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 935 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE AREA FROM SAN MARCOS TO SAN ANTONIO. THE LINE IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AT I-410 ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO HAS DROPPED BACK BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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