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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1215 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MILLS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT



* AT 1212 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES SOUTH OF COMANCHE...  

MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES IN EXCESS OF 4 

INCHES HAS FALLEN FROM EARLIER STORMS WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL 

LIKELY THROUGH 130 AM.



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

  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOLDTHWAITE BY 1225 AM

  STAR BY 1250 AM



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.



LAT...LON 3169 9852 3150 9885 3128 9855 3145 9829



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