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000 

WGUS54 KFWD 191230

FFWFTW

TXC223-379-467-191530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

730 AM CDT SAT OCT 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  RAINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT



* AT 730 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST EAST OF GREENVILLE...TO ATHENS EASTWARD

  ACROSS ALL OF HOPKINS...RAINS...AND VAN ZANDT COUNTIES. THIS

  AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL

  STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3236 9604 3238 9558 3338 9530 3321 9581

          3271 9598

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000 

WGUS54 KFWD 191230

FFWFTW

TXC223-379-467-191530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

730 AM CDT SAT OCT 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  RAINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT



* AT 730 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST EAST OF GREENVILLE...TO ATHENS EASTWARD

  ACROSS ALL OF HOPKINS...RAINS...AND VAN ZANDT COUNTIES. THIS

  AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL

  STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3236 9604 3238 9558 3338 9530 3321 9581

          3271 9598

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