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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

858 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 858 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

  FROM NEAR MUENSTER...VALLEY VIEW...TO ERA. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS  

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. 

  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THESE AREAS 

  WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1-2 INCHES...MAINLY FROM ERA TO WOODBINE        

  EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GAINESVILLE...MARYSVILLE...

  MUENSTER AND WOODBINE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS 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.



LAT...LON 3345 9724 3347 9745 3365 9746 3386 9746

          3384 9703 3392 9695 3344 9696



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