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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

657 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 657 AM CDT...DOPPER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAD FALLEN OVER MUCH OF NAVARRO AND HENDERSON COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. 

  RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN IS RESULTING IN FLOODING OF SEVERAL ROADS. 



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

  CORSICANA...GUN BARREL CITY...MALAKOFF...SEVEN POINTS...TOOL AND

  TRINIDAD



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...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 3211 9677 3182 9656 3203 9606 3210 9547

          3234 9551 3233 9637



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