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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
823 AM CDT THU JUL 16 2026
..FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR UVALDE COUNTY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
UVALDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT THURSDAY.
* AT 823 AM CDT, ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN OVER THE PAST 48 TO 60 HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING
IS ALREADY OCCURRING WITH NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES AND STRUCTURES
IMPACTED BY WATER. NUMEROUS ROADS AROUND THE COUNTY ARE FLOODED
INCLUDING HWY 90. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED EXCEPT TO REACH HIGHER
GROUND.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR UVALDE COUNTY. THIS IS A
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW! LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF
LOW WATER CROSSINGS, SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
UVALDE, SABINAL, KNIPPA, CONCAN, REAGAN WELLS, UVALDE ESTATES,
GARNER STATE PARK, LAGUNA, MONTELL, BLEWETT, CLINE, UTOPIA AND
DABNEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 2962 10011 2962 9984 2962 9975 2963 9974
2963 9960 2963 9949 2963 9942 2941 9941
2938 9941 2937 9941 2934 9941 2932 9941
2931 9941 2923 9941 2913 9941 2912 9941
2909 9941 2909 10011
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
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