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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

148 AM CDT WED AUG 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN DELTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES 

  FROM COMO...TO SULPHUR SPRINGS...TO BETWEEN COMMERCE AND COOPER 

  SINCE 1130 PM CDT. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THIS AREA 

  CONTINUE TO ONLY MOVE EAST AT NEAR 5 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO 

  INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED 

  THROUGH 4 AM CDT. 



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

  ACROSS AN AREA FROM...

  7 MILES EAST OF COMMERCE...TO COOPER...TO SULPHUR SPRINGS THROUGH  

  4 AM CDT. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. 



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 3308 9585 3298 9533 3322 9551 3343 9564

      3337 9586



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