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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

717 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GONZALES



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 717 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A PERSISTANT   

  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR NIXON...SMILEY...AND LEESVILLE...

  MOVING VERY LITTLE.



* THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND...

  SMILEY

  GONZALES

  NIXON

  

RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE BEING ESTIMATED.  SOME 

FLOWING WATER IS REPORTED IN THE NIXON AREA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



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. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.





LAT...LON 2939 9784 2915 9763 2942 9727 2967 9739

          2962 9764

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