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TXC213-349-011200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

350 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 700 AM CDT



* AT 349 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MAJOR FLASH

  FLOODING NEAR INTERSTATE 45 IN THE VICINITY OF CORSICANA. NATIONAL

  WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN

  CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH ACROSS NAVARRO AND 

  HENDERSON COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINS AT 349 AM WERE LOCATED 3

  MILES WEST OF CORSICANA AND 5 MILES SOUTH OF ATHENS. 



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

  CORSICANA...DAWSON...GUN BARREL CITY...MALAKOFF...SEVEN POINTS...

  TOOL AND TRINIDAD



THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER THIS 

MORNING. RUNOFF FROM VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS NAVARRO AND HENDERSON COUNTIES. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS 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.



LAT...LON 3198 9684 3185 9675 3184 9653 3202 9604

          3214 9558 3236 9553 3235 9644



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