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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

630 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMP COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  TITUS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1030 PM CST



* AT 630 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR   

INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER PITTSBURG AND MOUNT VERNON...

EAST TO NAPLES...DAINGERFIELD...AND LONE STAR TEXAS. THE

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE RAINFALL WERE MOVING 

TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS...ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...ARE SUBJECT TO 

FLASH FLOODING.



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....AND YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. 



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

WARNING FOR...

  CAMP COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  TITUS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

UNTIL 1030 PM CST.



LAT...LON 3336 9509 3294 9512 3294 9498 3292 9470

          3292 9408 3328 9407 3322 9431 3325 9467

          3337 9483 3337 9495

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