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TXC213-349-010900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

104 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 104 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN MOVING IN A TRAIN ECHO PATTERN ACROSS NAVARRO AND       

  HENDERSON COUNTIES MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  HIGH WATER HAS 

  BEEN REPORTED ON INTERSTATE 45 AT MILE MARKER 241.  



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ATHENS...BLOOMING GROVE...

  DAWSON...GUN BARREL CITY...KERENS...MALAKOFF...SEVEN POINTS...TOOL

  AND TRINIDAD



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 3208 9688 3183 9671 3205 9613 3210 9550

          3234 9550 3235 9614 3235 9635



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