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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1123 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YOUNG COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT



* AT 1115 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM SLOW MOVING SHOWERS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN 

  YOUNG COUNTY. THE SHOWER ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.





* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT... 

  OLNEY THROUGH 100 PM

  JEAN AND LOVING THROUGH 1230 PM



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN OLNEY HAS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS BARRICADED 

DUE TO HIGH WATER. CONTINUED RAINFALL ACROSS YOUNG COUNTY THROUGH 

EARLY AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL CREEKS...ROADS...AND LOW LYING 

AREAS TO FLOOD. 



OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF OLNEY AND 

NORTHERN YOUNG COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE 

EXPECTED THROUGH 3 PM.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS ACTIVITY 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.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS OF

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD

WATERS



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT

WORTH.



LAT...LON 3317 9895 3304 9873 3299 9842 3340 9841

      3340 9895



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