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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

540 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  HUNT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  DELTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  LAMAR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 AM CST



* AT 540 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE

  AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM PARIS TO MEXIA TO SHERMAN.

  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  OVER MUCH OF THE AREA BETWEEN PARIS...WAXAHACHIE...AND ATHENS.

  AT 530 AM...THE PARIS POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY

  271 SOUTH AT PATTONVILLE CREEK WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

  SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS WERE ALSO FLOODED. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



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 3373 9634 3283 9629 3280 9651 3234 9646

          3239 9610 3283 9613 3302 9596 3302 9552

          3344 9530 3389 9537

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