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WGUS54 KFWD 212124

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TXC145-289-293-331-395-212330-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

424 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN FALLS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  SOUTHEASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  WESTERN LEON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  NORTH CENTRAL MILAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  NORTHERN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NORTHEAST MILAM

  COUNTY...NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN ROBERTSON COUNTY...EAST ACROSS

  CENTERVILLE AND INTO THE EASTERN AREAS OF LEON COUNTY. THIS

  AREA HAS RECEIVED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS

  AND THE SOIL IS VERY SATURATED. EVEN RAIN AMOUNTS 1 INCH COULD

  RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS...SOME HIGHWAYS

  AND RURAL ROADS. RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS

  THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 630PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...CENTERVILLE AND BUFFALO.



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 3094 9690 3107 9701 3144 9632 3145 9625

      3142 9623 3149 9610 3151 9599 3119 9591

      3112 9652



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