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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

651 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN SPREADING BACK OVER THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF

  HENDERSON COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH.  EXPECTED RAINFALL WILL BE

  BETWEEN 1/3 TO 1 AND 1/4 INCH BY 900 PM. THE ENTIRE COUNTY IS

  SATURATE AND ANY RAINFALL OVER 1/2 INCH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN

  FLASH FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SOME RURAL

  ROADS.



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

  CITY...CHANDLER...BROWNSBORO AND ATHENS



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.



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.



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 3203 9600 3210 9541 3235 9543 3235 9601



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