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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

832 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAYETTE



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 832 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD

  SHOWERS WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO AND OVER FAYETTE

  COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2

  INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE SHOWERS AS THEY SLOWLY TRACK 

  ACROSS THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.





LAT...LON 2979 9727 2966 9710 2966 9690 2997 9665

          3012 9685 3000 9704

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