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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

157 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS 

THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF WISE COUNTY 

MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THIS 

STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE 

COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO MOVE OVER THE AREA DURING 

THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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

  CHICO...BRIDGEPORT AND ALVORD



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3343 9739 3301 9739 3300 9791 3343 9792



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