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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

230 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT



* AT 226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR

  MARYSVILLE...TO GAINESVILLE...TO VALLEY VIEW. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH

  AT 5 MPH.



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

  WOODBINE...GAINESVILLE...CALLISBURG...AND MARYSVILLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 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.



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. SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER CAN CARRY

VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3344 9727 3345 9693 3381 9698 3381 9736



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