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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

530 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 518 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER 

  HIGHWAY 64 NEAR REDLAND.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CANTON...CRANDALL...GRAND 

  SALINE...KAUFMAN AND VAN



THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF 

KAUFMAN AND VAN ZANDT COUNTIES. HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN 

AREAS THAT SAW CONSIDERABLE RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

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

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3262 9650 3238 9642 3238 9550 3248 9560

          3268 9561



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