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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

815 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  FALLS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  LAMPASAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  MCLENNAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 810 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY       

  HEAVY RAIN UPWARDS TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR FROM GROESBECK AND

  MEXIA...TO RIESEL...MARLIN...WACO...HEWITT...TROY.. TEMPLE... 

  KILLEEN AND LAMPASAS...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. THIS ACTIVITY HAS 

  ALREADY PRODUCED LOCALLY UP TO 3 INCHES IN SPOTS ACROSS THE AREA 

  SINCE 600 AM CDT AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS 

  THROUGH MIDDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED 

  ACROSS MANY AREAS WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES 

  POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ADAMSVILLE...ARNETT...

  BELLMEAD...BELTON...BEVERLY HILLS...BRUCEVILLE-EDDY...COOLIDGE...

  COPPERAS COVE...FORT GATES...FORT HOOD...GATESVILLE AND GROESBECK



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IS EXPECTED FROM THIS BATCH OF RAIN AND SCATTERED 

THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WILL MOST LIKELY 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.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 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.



LAT...LON 3170 9771 3160 9759 3175 9727 3180 9651

          3147 9628 3108 9690 3084 9741 3100 9788

          3104 9833 3123 9857



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