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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1109 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  RAINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 215 PM CDT



* AT 1104 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ENTERING WESTERN

  HOPKINS AND RAINS COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.



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

  SPRINGS...CUMBY AND COMO



RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF CREEKS... 

INTERSECTIONS...LOW AREAS...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS.



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 3285 9598 3277 9565 3296 9566 3298 9530

      3320 9531 3324 9582



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