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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

549 PM CDT THU SEP 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN MCLENNAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 549 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  FALLING OVER NORTHERN MCLENNAN COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4

  INCHES HAS FALLEN FROM CHINA SPRING TO WEST SINCE 3 PM.  RAIN CONTINUES

  TO FALL AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES IS LIKELY BY 7 PM.  WATER HAS 

  BEEN REPORTED COVERING PORTIONS OF I-35 NORTH OF WACO.  MOTORISTS  

  SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION THIS EVENING.





* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BELLMEAD...LACY-LAKEVIEW...

  WEST



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



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 3165 9742 3150 9727 3165 9694 3183 9706



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