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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1117 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 1117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE

  TO DETECT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH

  MORE TO COME THROUGH 100 AM CDT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 1 AND

  1/2 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. 



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

  TAWAKONI STATE PARK...WILLS POINT...GRAND SALINE...FRUITVALE AND

  EDGEWOOD



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 3237 9607 3236 9546 3247 9558 3272 9559

      3284 9608



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