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WGUS54 KFWD 301151

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TXC097-301445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

650 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN COOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 648 AM CDT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS 

COOKE COUNTY...AND RAINFALL UP TO 3 INCHES IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE 

FALLEN OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. SERVICE ROADS ALONG 

INTERSTATE 35 NEAR VALLEY VIEW AND AROUND GAINESVILLE ARE IMPACTED 

BY 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD. SEVERAL RURAL COUNTY ROADS 

HAVE BEEN REPORTED COVERED WITH HIGH WATER...AND MAY BE IMPASSABLE.

SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OBSERVED SOUTH OF MUENSTER AND 

BETWEEN LINDSAY AND GAINESVILLE. 



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

  AND LINDSAY



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.



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 3389 9747 3343 9748 3348 9724 3393 9714



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