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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1113 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A DAM FAILURE IN...

  ROBERTSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HEARNE



* UNTIL 215 PM CDT



* AT 1100 AM CDT...8 FEET OF WATER WAS REPORTEDLY FLOWING OVER

  FM 2549 DUE TO A DAM BREAK NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF HEARNE. THE

  WATER FROM THE DAM BREAK WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING NEAR AND 

  DOWNSTREAM OF LAKE MCGUIRE. 



AREAS DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DAM ALONG COUNTY ROAD 239 AND FARM ROAD  

391 WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNFICANT FLOODING. AREAS IN EASTERN PARTS OF 

THE CITY OF HEARNE WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED FROM SIGNIFICANT FLOODING 

ALONG PIN OAK CREEK.



PEOPLE BELOW THE DAM IN AREAS JUST EAST OF HEARNE SHOULD TAKE 

IMMEDIATE ACTION BY MONITORING LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION AND 

FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANY REQUIRED EVACUATION AS OUTLINED BY 

LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.





LAT...LON 3087 9670 3070 9658 3076 9646 3089 9639

          3093 9645 3097 9653

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