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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

141 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COMANCHE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  MILLS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 445 PM CDT



* AT 141 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM 5 MILES EAST OF COMANCHE...

  TO 5 MILES WEST OF GOLDTHWAITE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE

  STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES NEAR 1 INCH PER HOUR AND WILL

  AGGRAVATE FLOODING FROM EARLIER TODAY.



* THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

  CARLTON AROUND 215 PM CDT

  OLIN AROUND 220 PM CDT

  HICO AROUND 235 PM CDT



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HAMILTON...LANHAM AND

POTTSVILLE



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

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 3187 9862 3148 9870 3173 9784 3199 9801



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