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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

455 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COMAL

  KENDALL



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 455 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER SOUTHERN KENDALL AND WESTERN COMAL COUNTIES MOVING NORTH  

  AT 20 MPH. 



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.



SECONDARY ROADS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BRIDGES MAY FLOOD ACROSS 

NORTH AND WESTERN COMAL  AND KENDALL COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT FEW 

HOURS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ENTER LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS 80 PERCENT 

OF FLOOD FATALITIES OCCUR THIS WAY. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.





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