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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

917 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 1215 AM CDT



* AT 913 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS   WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND

  SOUTHERN MONTAGUE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BOWIE...FORESTBURG...MONTAGUE...

  ST. JO AND STONEBURG



A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION CONTINUES IN MONTAGUE COUNTY. 

RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN CENTRAL MONTAGUE COUNTY. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED 

IN BOWIE SINCE 900 PM. NORTHBOUND LANES OF HIGHWAY 287 NORTHWEST OF 

BOWIE HAVE BEEN CLOSED...AND ROADS SOUTH OF BOWIE HAVE BEEN CLOSED 

DUE TO HIGH WATER.



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.



LAT...LON 3372 9796 3344 9796 3346 9750 3379 9750



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