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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX

150 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MENARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 745 AM CDT



* AT 144 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL MENARD

  COUNTY...FROM 15 MILES WEST OF MENARD TO 10 MILES EAST OF MENARD. THE 

  STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...

  MENARD BY 2 AM CDT...



RAINFALL OF AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHEAS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED OVER 

SOUTHEASTERN MENARD COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 AM...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL 

MENARD COUNTY. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.



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 TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3073 9950 3092 9949 3099 9965 3104 9984

      3108 10012 3070 10010



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