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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1045 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



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

  COMAL

  WILSON

  BASTROP

  TRAVIS

  BEXAR

  HAYS

  ATASCOSA

  GUADALUPE

  CALDWELL



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1040 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF NEW BRAUNFELS SOUTHWEST 

TO NEAR NATALIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  IN ADDITION...LIGHT

TO MODERATE RAINS EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO ENCOMPASS THE ESCARPMENT 

COUNTIES FROM TRAVIS SOUTHWEST THROUGH HAYS AND COMAL COUNTIES TO 

BEXAR COUNTY.  MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THESE 

ESCARPMENT COUNTIES ARE TOTALLY SATURATED...ANY FURTHER RAINFALL CAN 

BE EXPECTED TO  CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF AND RESULTANT FLASH FLOODING.   



RAINS FROM THESE ESCARPMENT COUNTIES MAY LESSEN OR END IN THE NEXT 

HOUR OR SO...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE WELL 

BEYOND MIDNIGHT.  



RESIDENTS ACROSS THESE WARNED COUNTIES ARE URGED NOT TO VENTURE OUT 

TONIGHT. MOTORISTS ARE WARNED TO AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND RURAL

ROADS WHICH APPEAR FLOODED.    



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.





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