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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

819 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN FREESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

  LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

  WEST CENTRAL LEON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 819 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE

  TO DETECT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS LIMESTONE...

  WESTERN FREESTONE AND NORTHWESTERN LEON COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT PARKER

  STATE PARK...WORTHAM...TEAGUE...MEXIA AND COOLIDGE



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.



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.



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 3125 9659 3140 9631 3117 9629 3143 9591

      3151 9609 3186 9630 3181 9650 3180 9670

      3171 9690



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