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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

644 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FALLS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  NORTH CENTRAL MILAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ROBERTSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 642 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROSEBUD...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. TRAINING OF HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING OVER THIS  

  AREA WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED A FEW INCHES OF RAIN YESTERDAY. THE    

  FALLS COUNTY SO REPORTS WATER OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF 

  HIGHWAYS 6 AND 46. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS  

  ALREADY FALLEN THIS MORNING. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE         

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 945 AM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...LOTT AND MARLIN.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...CREEKS AND

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD

QUICKLY. REMEMBER FLOODING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER RELATED

DEATHS.



LAT...LON 3100 9709 3102 9709 3106 9713 3109 9714

      3114 9718 3116 9718 3120 9722 3142 9686

      3107 9666 3095 9706



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