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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1030 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  LAMPASAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 1027 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED  

  11 MILES WEST OF LAMPASAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.



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

  LAMPASAS BY 1040 PM

  PIDCOKE BY 1105 PM

  FORT GATES AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GATESVILLE BY 1120 PM

  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOTHER NEFF STATE PARK BY 1135 PM



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. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



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 3111 9854 3095 9845 3132 9745 3155 9759



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