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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1244 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 345 PM CST



* AT 1244 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN REDEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA FROM CORSICANA TO TERRELL...     

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CORSICANA...CRANDALL...           

  ENNIS...KAUFMAN...KEMP...PALMER...TERRELL AND WAXAHACHIE





OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING RAINFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES HAS SATURATED 

THE GROUND AND HAS STREAMS NEAR OR AT BANKFULL. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS OF 

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE 

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD 

WATERS



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 3224 9685 3185 9672 3191 9632 3236 9643

          3238 9611 3282 9610 3273 9645 3250 9657

          3240 9693

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