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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

450 AM CDT FRI JUN 11 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

  LAVACA



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 446 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN SPEAKS AND SHERIDAN...OR

  ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST TO 10 MILES EAST OF 

  HALLETTSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LAVACA COUNTY BETWEEN SPEAKS AND SHERIDAN.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED AND AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 INCH IS EXPECTED. SOILS ARE SATURATED AND RUNOFF WILL 

BE RAPID WITH FLASH FLOODING LIKELY ALONG FM 2437 AND FM 530 IN 

EASTERN LAVACA COUNTY.



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.



LAT...LON 2936 9686 2914 9685 2934 9659 2952 9677



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