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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

854 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL COOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 854 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED RISING WATER IN 

  THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE FROM HEAVY RAINS.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT IN 

  EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN CENTRAL COOKE     

  COUNTY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE.  FLASH FLOODING 

  FROM RAPIDLY RISING STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE.



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

  LINDSAY AND GAINESVILLE.



DO NOT LET CHILDREN PLAY IN FLOODED DITCHES...STREAMS...OR CREEKS.  

WET SOILS CAN EASILY GIVE WAY AND THEY CAN SLIP IN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3344 9748 3343 9694 3368 9695 3370 9748



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