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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

1045 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KIMBLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JUNCTION

  MENARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MENARD



* UNTIL 445 PM CST



* AT 1039 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO KIMBLE AND MENARD 

COUNTIES.  ISOLATED AREAS IN THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING NEAR 1 INCH 

PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES.  KIMBLE AND MENARD COUNTIES ARE SATURATED 

FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...WHICH MEANS THAT RUNOFF WILL INCREASE FROM 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.  ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS 

EVENING WITH THESE STORMS.  SEVERAL ROADS ARE ALREADY CLOSED SINCE 

YESTERDAY.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.  TURN AROUND...DONT 

DROWN.



LAT...LON 3037 10004 3034 9946 3103 9968 3103 10001



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