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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1205 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 12 NOON...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STEADY AREA 

OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...BETWEEN HAMILTON AND GOLDTHWAITE. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF HAMILTON COUNTY SINCE EARLY THIS 

MORNING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS BETWEEN GOLDTHWAITE AND 

LAMPASAS...WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL PATTERN  WILL 

CAUSE THE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...FARM TO 

MARKET ROADS...AS WELL AS LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS. LATE THIS MORNING...THE HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF 

DEPARTMENT INDICATED WATER WAS RISING RAPIDLY ALONG FARM TO MARKET 

ROAD 218 NEAR POTTSVILLE.  



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3168 9843 3145 9824 3168 9781 3194 9801



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