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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1145 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  FALLS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 145 PM CDT



* AT 1145 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND

  OF VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR KILLEEN TO NEAR TROY...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BELTON...HARKER HEIGHTS...

  HOLLAND...KILLEEN...LITTLE RIVER-ACADEMY...LOTT...MARLIN...MORGANS

  POINT RESORT...NOLANVILLE...ROGERS...ROSEBUD AND SALADO



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3104 9784 3083 9741 3123 9664 3150 9681



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