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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

618 PM CST MON FEB 26 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 PM CST



* AT 618 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES WEST OF NACOGDOCHES...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...           

  NACOGDOCHES AT 635 PM CST



OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING SOUTHWEST OF THE COUNTY AND

WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THESE STORMS

WILL PRODUCE FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOURS

TIME.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD

WARNING FOR...

  NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

UNTIL 1000 PM CST.

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