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TXC099-091545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

849 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 849 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF CORYELL

  COUNTY IN THE AREA BETWEEN GATESVILLE...OGLESBY...AND THE GROVE.

  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN DURING A ONE

  HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 845 AM CDT.   AT LEAST ONE HOME IS FLOODED

  IN OGLESBY AND WATER IS COVERING THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 36 JUST WEST

  OF THE GROVE. AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY BEFORE ENDING

  BY LATE MORNING.  



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

  THE GROVE.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3146 9786 3135 9780 3134 9748 3149 9755



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