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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1050 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING

EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE

FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

     HUNT



INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

     CADDO MILLS...CELESTE...COMMERCE...GREENVILLE...QUINLAN AND WEST

     TAWAKONI



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVERNIGHT... AND DURING THE MORNING... HAS CAUSED 

FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF HUNT COUNTY.  ESPECIALLY HIT HARD IS THE 

SOUTHERN PART OF HUNT COUNTY...WHERE SOME ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO 

HIGH WATER...AND STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE RISING OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  

BUSHY CREEK NEAR CASH IS REPORTED TO BE NEARLY FOUR FEET OVER THE 

ROAD.  CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOW TO PLAY IN OR NEAR FLOODED 

AREAS... CREEKS OR RIVERS.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

RIVER RISES HAVE OCCURRED THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID 

DAY. FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS REMAINS POSSIBLE AS 

WELL. BUT ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS 

IMMEDIATELY.

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