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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1133 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  ROBERTSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 1133 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAD REPORTED MINOR 

  FLOODING OF ROADS IN EASTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY.



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS FALLEN AND IS ONGOING ACROSS LEON AND ROBERTSON 

COUNTIES THIS MORNING. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATES MORE HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH.



NUISANCE FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA. WITH 

SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT RAINS AND MORE HEAVY RAIN LIKELY THROUGH 

MID-AFTERNOON...FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND DRAINAGE CONDUITS IS 

IMMINENT...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND OTHER 

FLOOD PRONE AREAS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. BE AWARE OF 

AREAS AND ROADS THAT TEND TO FLOOD READILY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS 

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE 

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD 

WATERS



LAT...LON 3074 9659 3111 9681 3137 9630 3143 9619

          3161 9579 3134 9571 3114 9580 3111 9601

          3095 9634 3077 9647



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