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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

532 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  ROCKWALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER. THE

  HEAVY RAIN EXTENDS FROM 5 MILES SOUTWEST OF FARMERSVILLE...TO 8

  MILES EAST OF ROCKWALL.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JOSEPHINE

  AND ROYSE CITY.



RAINFALL OF OVER 2 INCHES HAS BEEN ESTIMATED BY RADAR OVER 

SOUTHEASTERN COLLIN COUNTY SINCE 430 PM. 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 3285 9649 3285 9631 3310 9631 3312 9653



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