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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

715 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MILAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 715 PM CDT...SEVERAL RIVERS AND CREEKS OVER BELL AND WILLIAMSON 

COUNTIES ARE BECOMING SWOLLEN FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL RECEIVED 

EARLIER TODAY.  THOUGH RAINFALL HAS CEASED...SIGNIFICANT WATER WAS 

FLOWING DOWNSTREAM...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE LITTLE RIVER...THE SAN 

GABRIEL RIVER...THE BIG ELM CREEK...AND THE BRUSHY CREEK.  



A COUPLE OF ROADS NEAR BUCKHOLTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLOSED DUE TO 

HIGH WATER...ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.  AS THE WATER CONTINUES 

TO RISE...LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BECOME UNPASSABLE.  RESIDENTS WHO 

LIVE NEAR A CREEK OR RIVER...ESPECIALLY THOSE MENTION ABOVE...SHOULD 

REMAIN ALERT AND SHOULD TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



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.



LAT...LON 3048 9715 3074 9666 3109 9684 3085 9728

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