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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

345 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 340 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING

  OVER BOTH COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS ALREADY

  FALLEN OVER MOST OF THE AREA...WITH SPOTS IN NORTHWESTERN JACKSON

  COUNTY AND EASTERN WHARTON COUNTY RECEIVING 6 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  EDNA...EL CAMPO...GANADO...WHARTON...MORALES...CORDELE

  U.S. HIGHWAY 59 AT SOME LOCATIONS



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION ACT NOW TO PROTECT 

YOUR LIFE AND PROPERTY BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF 

AUTHORITIES ASK YOU TO EVACUATE.



YOUR HOME IS THE SAFEST PLACE TO STAY UNLESS WATER BEGINS TO ENTER 

AND CONTINUES TO RISE RAPIDLY. IF FLOOD WATERS ENTER YOUR 

HOME...TURN OFF THE MAIN CIRCUIT BREAKER OR MASTER FUSE TO PREVENT 

ELECTROCUTION.



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 MOST OF VICTIMS FROM TROPICAL STORM ALLISON 

DROWNED WHEN THEIR CARS STALLED OR WERE SWEPT AWAY IN 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 2961 9616 2928 9591 2898 9633 2876 9663

          2910 9686 2940 9637

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