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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

603 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



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

  MEDINA



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 603 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  4 MILES NORTHEAST OF HONDO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR     

  ESTIMATES UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHERN MEDINA   

  COUNTY DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS.

  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE REDEVELOPING SOUTHWEST OF MEDINA COUNTY 

  AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



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 2913 9935 2913 9887 2954 9885 2958 9937

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