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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

445 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  WEST CENTRAL NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN ELLIS AND NORTHERN   

  NAVARRO COUNTIES...MOVING NORTH AT 18 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3  

  TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS  

  AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 645 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN          

  INCLUDE...ITALY...BARDWELL...BLOOMING GROVE...BARRY...AND FROST.



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 3196 9681 3208 9690 3207 9694 3220 9703

      3235 9670 3205 9654



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