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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

130 PM CDT WED JUN 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 129 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER NEAR AND WEST OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST 

  AT 15 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED

  OVER ROBERTSON AND MADISON COUNTIES...AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL ALSO

  MOVE ACROSS LEON COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF

  UP TO 4 INCHES WILL CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS LEON COUNTY. 



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT...

  CENTERVILLE AND LEONA THROUGH 330 PM CDT



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUFFALO



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



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



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. 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 3139 9633 3100 9626 3114 9577 3135 9568

          3163 9574



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