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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX

1050 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TEXAS



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 1044 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST

  OF JAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND 6 INCHES OF RAIN

  MAY HAVE FALLEN OVER SOUTHEAST KENT COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 70 AND

  EXTENDING WEST ALONG COUNTY ROAD 440. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS

  EXPECTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THIS AREA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT 

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



LAT...LON 3311 10097 3296 10095 3297 10052 3317 10051

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