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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

108 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IRION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 105 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY     

  RAIN OVER MUCH OF IRION COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE           

  PRODUCING RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AS THEY  

  DRIFTED SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THIS RAINFALL IS IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY 

  RAIN THAT FELL LATE MONDAY EVENING OVER IRION COUNTY. THIS FLASH   

  FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL OF IRION COUNTY IS AN EXTENSION OF THE FLASH 

  FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM FOR WESTERN IRION    

  COUNTY. 



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH 

MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.



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.



LAT...LON 3143 10099 3131 10115 3112 10110 3139 10070

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