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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

403 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL MCLENNAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF WACO...MOVING   

NORTHEAST AT 17 MPH. WITH THE GROUND SO SATURATED...ANOTHER 1 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF 

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH 600 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...LACY-LAKEVIEW...BELLMEAD AND NORTHCREST.



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 3176 9697 3159 9686 3149 9726 3160 9732



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