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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

908 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GONZALES

  LAVACA

  DEWITT

  GUADALUPE



* UNTIL NOON TODAY



* AT 908 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

  CONTINUING TO FORM OVER PARTS OF GUADALUPE...GONZALES...LAVACA AND

  DEWITT COUNTIES.  THIS IS THE SAME TYPE OF RAIN AREA...WITH        

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT LEFT NEAR 2 TO 3.20 INCHES OF RAIN

  IN THE EAST PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLIER THIS MORNING.  



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.



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.



LAT...LON 2960 9816 2949 9808 2944 9778 2894 9749

          2926 9675 2958 9693 2963 9736 2962 9764

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