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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

645 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ERATH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 645 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY ON ORDER OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...3 TO 9 MILES EAST AND   

  SOUTHEAST OF STEPHENVILLE. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVE WEST AT 10 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY EVEN THE SLIGHTEST AMOUNT OF WATER DEPTH CAN WASH YOUR 

VEHICLE OFF A ROADWAY. ANY VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY. ALWAYS MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3207 9797 3239 9803 3245 9825 3230 9833

          3197 9810

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