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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1139 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT



* AT 1132 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY SPREADING

  EAST.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR HAVE OCCURRED

  AROUND BEN HUR AND ODDS. THESE RAIN AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND

  AROUND THORNTON...GROESBECK...AND COOLIDGE BY 245 PM.



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

  COOLIDGE



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT

WORTH.



LAT...LON 3125 9660 3143 9626 3180 9650 3181 9672

      3173 9693



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