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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

638 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 638 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN

  COUNTINUED OVER MUCH OF ANDERSON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED

  THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN 

  HALF OF THE COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN IS RESULTING

  IN FLOODING OF SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF 

  ANDERSON COUNTY. AT 630 AM...THE ANDERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS

  OFFICE REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 321 AT CATFISH CREEK WAS 

  FLOODED.





* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FRANKSTON AND NECHES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3200 9599 3171 9582 3165 9535 3206 9550



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