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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1020 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 1016 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

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

THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL RESULTING IN 

LOCALIZED FLOODING AND RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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



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 3122 9631 3137 9631 3162 9579 3159 9577

      3164 9573 3160 9571 3153 9577 3152 9574

      3146 9576 3132 9566 3127 9573 3111 9577

      3110 9598 3098 9623



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