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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

603 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 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

  MILAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.



* AT 603 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN BELL COUNTY. IN ADDITION...A LARGE AREA OF 

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED BETWEEN KILLEEN...AUSTIN...AND 

  CALDWELL...MOVING NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH. STORMS WITH RAINFALL 

  RATES BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES PER HOUR WILL MOVE INTO THE 

  WARNED AREA BEFORE 700 AM...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. SEVERAL 

  ROADS IN THESE COUNTIES ARE ALREADY CLOSED AND MORE WILL BE CLOSED 

  EARLY THIS MORNING AS LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL QUICKLY 

  BECOME FLOODED.



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 3105 9787 3054 9713 3074 9674 3111 9687

          3126 9657 3149 9679

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