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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1245 AM CDT TUE SEP 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



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

  LAVACA

  DEWITT



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 1240 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS 

THROUGHOUT MUCH OF LAVACA AND DEWITT COUNTIES.  THIS AREA OF HEAVY 

RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.  WITH THE RECENT 

RAINS...GROUNDS REMAIN TOTALLY SATURATED...WITH RAPID RUNOFF AND 

RESULTANT FLOODING EXPECTED.

   

HEAVY RUNOFF WILL FORCE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF 

BANKS...FLOODING SECONDARY ROADS...LOW BRIDGES AND CROSSINGS ACROSS 

LAVACA COUNTY THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MOTORISTS SHOULD APPROACH FLOOD 

PRONE AREAS VERY SLOWLY...AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ENTER FLOODED 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



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.



LAT...LON 2897 9767 2887 9755 2934 9666 2956 9682

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