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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

629 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  LAMPASAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  MILLS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 11 MILES WEST OF EVANT...MOVING

  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  ALREADY FALLEN FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL 

  BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 930 PM CDT AS THE THUNDERSTORM MOVES THROUGH

  THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LAMPASAS AND

  WESTERN CORYELL COUNTIES WHERE THE RAIN AS YET TO FALL.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...LAMPASAS AND COPPERAS COVE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT

ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT

WORTH.



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LAT...LON 3169 9877 3172 9849 3168 9847 3181 9819

      3120 9768 3105 9794 3103 9833 3164 9879



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