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WGUS54 KFWD 181402

FFWFWD

TXC097-181-181715-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

900 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

  GRAYSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT



* AT 856 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM EAST OF COLLINSVILLE...TO

  EAST OF VAN ALSTYNE. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED OVER COOKE

  COUNTY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED 

AND NUMEROUS HIGH WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. TRAVEL IN THE 

WARNING AREA IS DISCOURAGED.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS OF

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD

WATERS



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 3380 9742 3344 9737 3341 9638 3374 9640



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