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WGUS54 KFWD 171809

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

106 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 106 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES

  NORTH OF COMO TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF COMO...MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH. 

  RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.   

  ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 300 PM CDT. THIS RAIN WILL 

  FALL OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN LAST EVENING. 

  THE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS FROM 

  SULPHUR SPRINGS EAST.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN

  OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF HOPKINS COUNTY.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY

MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO

REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3296 9562 3334 9557 3336 9533 3298 9531

TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 283DEG 23KT 3330 9539 3297 9542



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