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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

937 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOSQUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  HILL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  SOMERVELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLUM...MOVING

  EAST AT 40 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1130

  PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...LAKE WHITNEY STATE PARK...WHITNEY...COVINGTON...ITASCA...

  HILLSBORO...CARLS CORNER...BYNUM AND HUBBARD.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT

ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3175 9823 3206 9796 3210 9787 3217 9792

      3227 9788 3231 9766 3223 9759 3225 9710

      3183 9675 3182 9701 3187 9704 3181 9715

TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 273DEG 35KT 3203 9749



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