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TXC309-011545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

743 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCLENNAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 743 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

  LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS MUCH OF MCLENNAN COUNTY. ALTHOUGH

  THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED AWAY...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN

  THAT WE RECEIVED OVERNIGHT IS RESULTING OF FLOODING IN

  SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY.   





* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BELLMEAD...BEVERLY

  HILLS... HEWITT...LORENA...MCGREGOR...NORTHCREST...ROBINSON...

  WACO...WEST   AND WOODWAY



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 3157 9759 3129 9734 3154 9685 3184 9707



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