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WGUS54 KFWD 192350

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TXC309-200245-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

650 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCLENNAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR BELLMEAD...MOVING EAST AT 24

  MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.

  ANOTHER 2 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 945 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN          

  INCLUDE...WACO...HALLSBURG...BELLMEAD...WEST...NORTH CREST...      

  AND RIESEL.



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 3128 9737 3130 9739 3159 9760 3187 9704

      3149 9689 3125 9734



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