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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

325 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NAVARRO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 615 PM CDT



* AT 325 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY 

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WITH VERY HEAVY 

  RAINFALL WILL MOVE UP AND OVER THE COUNTY FROM THE SOUTHWEST 

  THROUGH 600 PM.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES MAY 

  FALL ON SATURATED GROUND...RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING AND HIGH 

  WATER PROBLEMS THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.



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

  KERENS AROUND 350 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.



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 3182 9649 3182 9663 3184 9673 3209 9689

      3233 9639 3230 9629 3225 9628 3221 9615

      3217 9617 3215 9610 3210 9612 3208 9607

      3202 9606



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