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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1247 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL FREESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  NORTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 345 PM CDT



* AT 1242 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS 

  DETECTED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST

  EAST OF FAIRFIELD...TO 11 MILES NORWEST OF GROESBECK. MOVEMENT WAS

  SLOWLY WEST...AT LESS THAN 10 MILES PER HOUR.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WORTHAM AND

  COOLIDGE.



RAINFALL RATES OF GREATER THAN 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING WITH 

THESE STORMS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 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 3156 9634 3181 9617 3180 9671 3156 9670



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