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TXC405-081545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

651 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 651 AM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR       

  INDICATED MODERATE RAIN FALLING OVER ALL OF SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY.

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN PER

  HOUR SOUTH OF THE COUNTY AND WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTY DURING THE

  NEXT 30 MINUTES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE...MOVING NORTH 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.



CHILDREN SHOULD NOT PLAY IN OR NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES...OR STORM

DRAINS.



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...

  SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

UNTIL 1045 AM CDT.

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