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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

842 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FREESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  EASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1145 PM CST



* AT 841 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  CLUSTERS OF THUNDRSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM EAST OF

  STREETMAN...TO EAST OF FAIRFIELD. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS

  NEAR MEXIA. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAIRFIELD

  LAKE STATE PARK...MEXIA AND FAIRFIELD



THE SHERIFFS OFFICES HAVE REPORTED FLOODING IN NORTHWEST FREESTONE 

COUNTY...WHERE A HIGH WATER RESCUE WAS TAKING PLACE...AND IN ESATERN 

LIMESTONE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS MOVING OUT OF 

LIMESTONE AND FREESTONE COUNTIES...THE LINGERING RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

TO AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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 3129 9653 3160 9582 3198 9607 3176 9650



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