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WGUS54 KFWD 191905

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TXC139-192100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

205 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 203 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR ITALY.

  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



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

  ENNIS AROUND 235 PM CDT



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3250 9707 3215 9694 3237 9648 3253 9656



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