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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

737 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

  MILLS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO MOVE 

  EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OVER THE WARNED 

  AREA. RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE 

  EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY AS THE LINE AS A WHOLE...MOVES INTO 

  THE WARNED AREA THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 



  THESE COUNTIES SAW 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL THE PAST 24 HOURS...  

  SO ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RUN OFF AND RESULT IN 

  FLASH FLOODING. 



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

  HAMILTON



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 3133 9861 3132 9865 3137 9866 3134 9870

      3142 9873 3139 9877 3148 9894 3170 9868

      3172 9850 3169 9845 3182 9818 3184 9816

      3191 9820 3201 9802 3170 9779 3126 9852



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