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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

520 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

  GRAYSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 520 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

  VERY HEAVY RAIN THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF COLLINSVILLE...OR 

  ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF WHITESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. 

  ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEAR 

  GAINESVILLE. COOKE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED WATER 

  PARTIALLY BLOCKING NORTHBOUND INTERSTATE 35 NEAR VALLEY 

  VIEW...WITH NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS UNDER WATER. GRAYSON COUNTY

  OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGH WATER RESCUES UNDERWAY IN COLLINSVILLE.

  THIS EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED.



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

  GUNTER...DORCHESTER...KNOLLWOOD...HOWE...SHERMAN...TOM BEAN...BELLS

  AND WHITEWRIGHT



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 3380 9742 3342 9703 3341 9638 3374 9640



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