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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

747 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT



* AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7

  MILES NORTHEAST OF TEMPLE TO 18 MILES NORTH OF TAYLOR...MOVING EAST

  AT 35 MPH. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR WILL RESULT IN 

FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...AND LOW-LYING AREAS.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...

  RURAL EASTERN BELL COUNTY AT 800 PM



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.



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 3081 9740 3084 9741 3091 9772 3120 9762

      3125 9727 3099 9710 3092 9724 3084 9730

      3081 9730 3080 9735



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