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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

513 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN COOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

  GRAYSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING 

  GRAYSON AND SOUTHEAST COOKE COUNTIES. THE HEAVY RAIN AREA WAS 

  MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 

  RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING. 



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

  GUNTER...VAN ALSTYNE...DORCHESTER...HOWE...TOM BEAN...SHERMAN...

  WHITEWRIGHT...KNOLLWOOD...POTTSBORO...BELLS AND DENISON



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3343 9723 3344 9692 3339 9680 3341 9640

      3373 9634 3383 9674



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