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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

510 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR PATTONVILLE...OR ABOUT 13

  MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARIS. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN      

  WAS MOVING SLOWLY WEST.  LOCATIONS IN LAMAR COUNTY HAVE            

  RECEIVED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. URBAN         

  FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY OF PARIS.



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

  7 MILES SOUTH OF BLOSSOM BY 510 PM

  PATTONVILLE BY 520 PM

  PARIS BY 600 PM



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.



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 3340 9531 3375 9531 3375 9554 3349 9563



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