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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

350 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 PM CST



* AT 350 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO WESTERNS PORTIONS OF 

THE COUNTY NEAR TRINIDAD AND GUN BARREL CITY. THE STORMS WILL MOVE 

TOWARDS ATHENS AND BROWNSBORO BY 500 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 

2 INCHES ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED SOILS WILL LEAD TO FLASH 

FLOODING.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CHANDLER...MALAKOFF...SEVEN 

POINTS...AND TOOL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3235 9628 3204 9610 3211 9545 3234 9548



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