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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1005 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 1130 PM CDT



* AT 10 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED MOSTLY LIGHT TO ISOLATED MODERATE

POCKETS OF RAIN ACROSS KENDALL AND BLANCO COUNTIES. HOWEVER...MANY 

FARM TO MARKET ROADS CONTINUE TO BE IN FLOOD AT THIS HOUR.  LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE AND MAY NOT RECEDE FOR 

ANOTHER HOUR OR SO. RESIDENTS ARE URGED NOT TO VENTURE OUT ONTO 

FLOODED ROADWAYS TONIGHT.  MOTORISTS ARE WARNED NOT TO PASS THROUGH 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  THE DARKNESS CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN 

TRAVELING ALONG THESE FLOODED HILL COUNTRY ROADS AND LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS.    

     

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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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