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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

740 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...

  KENDALL

  BLANCO



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 740 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAINS

  ACROSS EASTERN KERR..KENDALL AND SOUTHERN BLANCO COUNTIES MOVING   

  SOUTHEAST ABOUT 15 MPH.  OVER 2 INCH RAINS PER HOUR HAVE BEEN      

  REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING REPORTED OVER 

KERRVILLE

  BY THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT WITHIN THIS AREA OF STORMS.



  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.

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