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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1025 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 200 AM CDT



* HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL OVER PORTIONS OF BELL AND MILAM COUNTY 

DURING THE DAY HAVE BEEN SLOW TO RECEDED TONIGHT. THE HIGH WATER HAS 

CAUSED SEVERAL ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS TO FLOOD.



AT 1007 PM...THE MILAM COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED COUNTY ROAD 

240 BETWEEN FM 485 AND CAMERON CLOSED. ALSO...FM 1915 NORTH OF STATE 

HIGHWAY 36 NEAR YARRELLTON CLOSED...AND FM 485 WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 

77 CLOSED.    



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

RIVER RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. BUT ALL

INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.



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.

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