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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

336 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANGELINA COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 336 AM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR       

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF

  ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR OVER ANGELINA COUNTY. IN ADDITION

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN PER

  HOUR...EXTENDED SOUTH TOWARD HOUSTON AND WILL MOVE INTO ANGELINA   

  COUNTY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST 

  AT 20 MPH.



THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...

URBAN HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...ALONG WITH COUNTRY ROADS...AND LOW

FARMLAND.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS...IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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

WARNING FOR...

  ANGELINA COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

UNTIL 830 AM CDT.

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