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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

704 AM CDT MON MAR 12 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 702 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES 

  PER HOUR...NOW MOVING INTO AREAS FROM CEDAR CREEK LAKE AND 

  ATHENS...SOUTH TO PALESTINE. OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

  FALLEN...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING 

  HAS ALREADY OCCURRED UPSTREAM OF THIS AREA WITH SEVERAL ROADWAYS 

  UNDER WATER FROM THE AREA OF RAIN NOW SLOWLY MOVING OVER WARNED 

  AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MALAKOFF...

  PALESTINE...FRANKSTON...EUSTACE...ELKHART...COFFEE CITY...

  CHANDLER...BROWNSBORO...BERRYVILLE AND ATHENS



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. LESS THAN THREE FEET 

OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 



LAT...LON 3167 9574 3179 9595 3188 9593 3190 9599

      3208 9601 3210 9607 3215 9605 3234 9633

      3234 9548 3214 9548 3204 9543 3184 9544

      3163 9530 3155 9566



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