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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1055 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 950 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  OVER JACKSON AND WHARTON COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES 5 TO 6 INCHES

  HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF JACKSON COUNTY...

  AND IN THE EXTREME EASTERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF WHARTON COUNTY.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  MORALES...CORDELE...LOUISE...EL CAMPO...RURAL LOCATIONS EAST

  OF WHARTON.



SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...BAYOUS..AND FARM-TO-MARKET OR OTHER 

SECONDARY ROADS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE 

WATER COVERS THE ROAD



USE EXTRA CAUTION AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DEPTH

AND SPEED OF FLASH FLOOD WATERS.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...OR

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 2963 9617 2926 9591 2879 9665 2909 9694

          2936 9642

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