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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

155 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAVACA

  DEWITT



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 155 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  CONTINUING IN DEWITT COUNTY...ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

  YOAKUM...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF CUERO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH 

  INTO LAVACA COUNTY.



FARM ROADS 236 AND 682 REMAIN CLOSED FROM FLOOD WATERS. RUNOFF FROM

THIS STORM WILL EXAGGERATE 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.



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.





LAT...LON 2925 9735 2908 9729 2918 9678 2943 9687

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