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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

450 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCLENNAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 745 AM CDT



* AT 430 AM CDT...THE MCLENNAN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT

  PART OF INTERSTATE 35 NEAR THE HEWITT EXIT HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO

  HIGH WATER. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS 

  THAT BROUGHT HEAVY RAINS TO MCLENNAN COUNTY EARLIER THIS MORNING

  HAVE SHIFTED EAST INTO LIMESTONE AND FALL COUNTIES. HOWEVER...THE

  RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

  FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS MCLENNAN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE WACO 

  AREA. 



* FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS THROUGH 745 AM

  CDT...  

  WACO...BEVERLY HILLS..LACY-LAKEVIEW...BELLMEAD...

  NORTHCREST...WEST...HEWITT AND MCGREGOR



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER 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.



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 3157 9760 3134 9742 3159 9685 3186 9703



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