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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

154 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 445 PM CDT



* AT 152 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN JOHNSON

  COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF UP

  TO 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY AGGRAVATE FLOODING

  OVER THE COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALVARADO...JOSHUA AND KEENE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 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 3243 9756 3219 9757 3229 9711 3255 9710



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