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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

633 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 PM CST



* AT 633 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GATESVILLE TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

  KILLEEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FORT GATES...FORT HOOD...   

  HARKER HEIGHTS...NOLANVILLE...GATESVILLE...AND KILLEEN.



FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THIS AREA AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN IS APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ANOTHER TWO INCHES OF RAIN 

WILL BE LIKELY BY 9 PM. THIS WILL EXACERBATE FLOODING IN BELL AND 

CORYELL COUNTIES.  THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED 

UNTIL 930 PM CST.



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



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3163 9774 3105 9789 3096 9781 3095 9768

          3132 9744



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