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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

635 PM CDT THU APR 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTAGUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 635 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER 

  OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL 

  MONTAGUE COUNTY. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH

  930 PM WILL BE NEAR STONEBURG...MONTAGUE AND NORTH OF BOWIE. 

  FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY ALONG HIGHWAY 81 NEAR STONEBURG...ALONG 

  HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN BOWIE AND MONTAGUE AND ALONG FM 1806 BETWEEN 

  STONEBURG AND MONTAGUE. THE OVERALL MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS 

  WAS EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCAL RAINFALL TOTALS COULD EXCEED 4 INCHES. 





* THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT...

  STONEBURG AND MONTAGUE THROUGH 930 PM CDT



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.



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.



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.



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 3377 9799 3345 9798 3345 9749 3378 9749



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