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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1055 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  ERATH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  LAMPASAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 200 PM CDT.



* AT 1055 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM STEPHENVILLE TO SOUTH OF LAMPASAS...MOVING NORTH AT 

  15 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GATESVILLE...HAMILTON AND 

  HICO



AT 1050 AM...SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS WERE ALREADY CLOSED IN LAMPASAS 

COUNTY...WITH WATER OVER SEVERAL ROADS IN HAMILTON COUNTY. RADAR 

ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE 

7 AM...WITH ADDITIONAL 3 AND 4 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE THROUGH 100 PM. 



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS

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 3249 9843 3223 9849 3201 9826 3183 9816

          3168 9843 3142 9824 3126 9846 3106 9842

          3108 9794 3133 9750 3202 9802 3210 9788

          3248 9811

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