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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

638 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTAGUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  NORTHWESTERN WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES NORTH

  OF FORESTBURG TO JUST NORTH OF RUNAWAY BAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT

  30 MPH.



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

  FORESTBURG BY 655 PM

  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTAGUE BY 700 PM

  ST. JO BY 720 PM



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



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 3343 9791 3318 9792 3345 9748 3382 9748

      3380 9796 3348 9796



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