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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

539 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN FREESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  EAST CENTRAL LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 PM CST



* AT 534 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM EAST OF

  GROESBECK...TO NORTHWEST OF FAIRFIELD.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TEAGUE AND

  FAIRFIELD



RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE 

STORMS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO RUNOFF AND FLOODING... 

ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED RAIN EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.



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 3139 9647 3140 9629 3180 9613 3181 9642



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