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WGUS54 KFWD 301217

FFWFWD

TXC097-301515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

715 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN COOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT



* AT 713 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETERMINED 

THAT HEAVY RAINFALL...UP TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE 

COUNTY AND THIS WATER WILL SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE 

COUNTY THROUGH 1015 AM.  THE ELM FORK HAS RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY...BUT 

REMAINS INSIDE ITS BANKS. OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT FLOW INTO 

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY WILL ALSO BE HIGH AND FAST FLOWING.  

LOW LYING AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME FLOODED 

THIS MORNING. COUNTY OFFICIALS STATE THAT SOME COUNTRY ROADS ARE 

COVERED WITH WATER AND PARTS OF I 35 SERVICE ROADS NEAR VALLEY VIEW 

AND NEAR GAINESVILLE ARE COVERED WITH UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER.



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

  AND CALLISBURG



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 3343 9728 3343 9695 3399 9694 3382 9717



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000 

WGUS54 KFWD 301217

FFWFWD

TXC097-301515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

715 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN COOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT



* AT 713 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETERMINED 

THAT HEAVY RAINFALL...UP TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE 

COUNTY AND THIS WATER WILL SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE 

COUNTY THROUGH 1015 AM.  THE ELM FORK HAS RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY...BUT 

REMAINS INSIDE ITS BANKS. OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT FLOW INTO 

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY WILL ALSO BE HIGH AND FAST FLOWING.  

LOW LYING AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME FLOODED 

THIS MORNING. COUNTY OFFICIALS STATE THAT SOME COUNTRY ROADS ARE 

COVERED WITH WATER AND PARTS OF I 35 SERVICE ROADS NEAR VALLEY VIEW 

AND NEAR GAINESVILLE ARE COVERED WITH UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER.



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

  AND CALLISBURG



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 3343 9728 3343 9695 3399 9694 3382 9717



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