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WGUS54 KFWD 171052

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TXC035-217-309-171445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

551 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN BOSQUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

  HILL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

  MCLENNAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 547 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR HILLSBORO 

  TO CLIFTON TO VALLEY MILLS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 

  20 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR.  

 

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

  WHITNEY STATE PARK...WHITNEY...WEST...VALLEY MILLS...NORTHCREST...

  LACY-LAKEVIEW...ITASCA...HILLSBORO...COVINGTON...CLIFTON...CARLS

  CORNER...BYNUM...BLUM AND BELLMEAD



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.



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 3129 9736 3137 9709 3179 9686 3226 9709

      3214 9749 3178 9776



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