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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1040 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

  HUNT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

  KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

  ROCKWALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

  HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT



* AT 1040 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS

  DETECTED AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SPREADING

  NORTHWARD OVER THE WARNED AREA. AT 1040 PM...THE RAIN EXTENDED

  FROM FERRIS TO TERRELL TO LONE OAK.  RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1 AND

  3/4 INCH AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COOPER LAKE

  PARK SOUTH SULPHUR...WOLFE CITY...WEST TAWAKONI...TERRELL...SULPHUR

  SPRINGS...ROYSE CITY...ROCKWALL...QUINLAN...KAUFMAN...HEATH...

  GREENVILLE...FORNEY...FATE...CUMBY...CRANDALL...COMO...COMMERCE...

  CELESTE...CAMPBELL AND CADDO MILLS



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 3253 9666 3231 9651 3238 9608 3283 9609

      3286 9598 3300 9594 3300 9531 3337 9534

      3331 9562 3322 9584 3340 9587 3336 9627

      3298 9626 3299 9650 3254 9651



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