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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

837 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

  FREESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  LEON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  ROBERTSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* AT 833 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. 

  THE HEAVY RAIN ACTIVITY WAS CENTERED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

  GROESBECK... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT LOCALIZED 

  AREAS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 

  INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF AROUND MIDDAY. 



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN   

  INCLUDE...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...BUFFALO...FAIRFIELD LAKE STATE 

  PARK AND CENTERVILLE.



SOME CREEKS THAT WILL LIKELY FLOOD INCLUDE STEELE CREEK...GENTRY 

CREEK AND BIG CREEK. IF YOU LIVE NEAR ONE OF THESE CREEKS IN THE 

WARNED AREA...BE PREPARED FOR QUICK ACTION. 



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.



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 3084 9667 3091 9669 3093 9675 3103 9677

      3107 9665 3144 9685 3190 9604 3185 9598

      3180 9598 3177 9590 3170 9587 3170 9583

      3166 9579 3133 9568



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