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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

932 AM CDT SAT JUL 6 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT.



* AT 932 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CISCO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE EASTLAND AND RANGER.



OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVERNIGHT IN THE WESTERN PARTS 

OF EASTLAND COUNTY...WITH TWO INCHES OR MORE EXPECTED BY NOON.  WITH 

SOME MINOR FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING...MORE EXTENSIVE FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY FROM RISING STAR...TO THE CISCO AREA.



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 3249 9907 3211 9910 3211 9894 3231 9850

          3252 9853

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