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000 

WGUS54 KFWD 241032

FFWFTW

TXC035-099-193-217-309-349-241330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

526 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOSQUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  HILL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  MCLENNAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 526 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW 

MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH 

RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS 

LOCALIZED AREAS FROM GATESVILLE AND HAMILTON...EXTENDING EAST AND 

NORTHEAST THROUGH MERIDIAN...LAKE WHITNEY...WACO...MCGREGOR... 

HILLSBORO...ITALY...WEST...AND CORSICANA. 



IN THE PAST HOUR...AN OBSERVATION SITE AT WACO RECORD TWO AND ONE 

THIRD INCHES WITH RADAR ESTIMATING SIMILAR POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAIN 

THROUGH THE LINE OF STORMS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE LINE TO 

THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND ADDITIONAL SCATTERED STORMS MOVING 

NORTH INTO THE LINE...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL 

OCCUR THROUGH DAYBREAK ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH 

ISOLATED THREE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE FROM GATESVILLE...TO LAKE 

WHITNEY...WACO AND CORSICANA DURING THIS TIME. 





* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARNETT...BELLMEAD...BLOOMING

  GROVE...CLIFTON...CORSICANA...DAWSON...FORT GATES...HUBBARD AND    

  ITASCA



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.



LAT...LON 3174 9691 3157 9696 3113 9785 3170 9838

          3217 9762 3217 9701 3206 9695 3234 9633

          3203 9606



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000 

WGUS54 KFWD 241058 RRA

FFWFTW

TXC035-099-193-217-309-349-241330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...RETRANSMISSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

526 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOSQUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  HILL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  MCLENNAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 526 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW 

MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH 

RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS 

LOCALIZED AREAS FROM GATESVILLE AND HAMILTON...EXTENDING EAST AND 

NORTHEAST THROUGH MERIDIAN...LAKE WHITNEY...WACO...MCGREGOR... 

HILLSBORO...ITALY...WEST...AND CORSICANA. 



IN THE PAST HOUR...AN OBSERVATION SITE AT WACO RECORD TWO AND ONE 

THIRD INCHES WITH RADAR ESTIMATING SIMILAR POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAIN 

THROUGH THE LINE OF STORMS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE LINE TO 

THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND ADDITIONAL SCATTERED STORMS MOVING 

NORTH INTO THE LINE...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL 

OCCUR THROUGH DAYBREAK ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH 

ISOLATED THREE INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE FROM GATESVILLE...TO LAKE 

WHITNEY...WACO AND CORSICANA DURING THIS TIME. 





* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARNETT...BELLMEAD...BLOOMING

  GROVE...CLIFTON...CORSICANA...DAWSON...FORT GATES...HUBBARD AND    

  ITASCA



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.



LAT...LON 3174 9691 3157 9696 3113 9785 3170 9838

          3217 9762 3217 9701 3206 9695 3234 9633

          3203 9606



$$

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