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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

541 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN FALLS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  SOUTHERN FREESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 540 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GROESBECK...

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 17 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES 

  OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM KOSSE...TO THORNTON...TO JUST     

  SOUTH OF GROESBECK. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 

  THROUGH 845 AM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD AND FAIRFIELD LAKE STATE PARK.



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 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.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE

ROAD. 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 3117 9673 3142 9685 3189 9603 3183 9597

      3180 9598 3177 9594 3177 9590 3173 9587

      3170 9587 3169 9586 3170 9583 3166 9579



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