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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

215 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN BELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

  SOUTHERN LAMPASAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 215 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  NOLANVILLE...LAMPASAS...KILLEEN...HARKER HEIGHTS...FORT HOOD AND 

  BELTON.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 5 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...COUPLED WITH HEAVY 

RAIN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS...WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. COUNTRY 

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

LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. MOTORISTS 

ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN 

IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY 

DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 

THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO 

ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT 

WORTH.



LAT...LON 3121 9801 3126 9841 3104 9844 3105 9791

      3093 9784 3085 9750 3106 9747 3123 9761

      3111 9784 3112 9795



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