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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

708 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MENARD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 704 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MENARD...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.



* RAINFALL TOTALING 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD 

  OF MENARD COUNTY SINCE 4 AM. RAINFALL TOTALING 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS   

  FALLEN OVER SOUTHWEST MENARD COUNTY...EAST OF FORT MCKAVETT...     

  SINCE 4 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER    

  FAR SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF MENARD COUNTY THROUGH 8 AM CDT. 



MENARD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 83 NEAR THE ROADSIDE 

PARK...2 1/2 MILES NORTH OF THE CITY OF MENARD...WILL BE CLOSED DUE 

TO WATER OVER THE HIGHWAY.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER DEPTH

MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.



LAT...LON 3107 9963 3106 10010 3073 10010 3074 9962

          3081 9958

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