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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1043 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTAGUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT



* AT 1041 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS 

  DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR LAKE 

  NOCONA TO MONTAGUE TO BOWIE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS.  

  RAPID RISES ON STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE LIKELY.



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

  FORESTBURG BY 1110 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.



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 3370 9794 3350 9795 3350 9749 3389 9752



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