

000 

WGUS54 KFWD 261401

FFWFWD

TXC217-261700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

900 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HILL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 858 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 MOVING NORTH AND SPREADING

  EAST OVER THE WARNED AREA.  COUNTY ROAD ELEVEN THIRTY NEAR BLUM

  HAS BEEN CLOSED.



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

  HILLSBORO...COVINGTON...CARLS CORNER AND BLUM



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.



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.



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.



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 3181 9719 3188 9704 3175 9692 3182 9674

      3225 9709 3216 9747



$$



000 

WGUS54 KFWD 261401

FFWFWD

TXC217-261700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

900 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HILL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 858 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 MOVING NORTH AND SPREADING

  EAST OVER THE WARNED AREA.  COUNTY ROAD ELEVEN THIRTY NEAR BLUM

  HAS BEEN CLOSED.



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

  HILLSBORO...COVINGTON...CARLS CORNER AND BLUM



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.



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.



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.



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 3181 9719 3188 9704 3175 9692 3182 9674

      3225 9709 3216 9747



$$

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