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000 

WGUS54 KFWD 200012

FFWFTW

TXC293-200315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

708 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 708 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 6 MILES WEST OF GROESBECK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 

  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY

  THROUGH 830 PM.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT LOCATIONS FROM

  GROESBECK EAST AND SOUTHEAST TO THE COUNTY LINE HAVE RECEIVED

  UPWARD TO THREE OR FOUR INCHES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.



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

  GROESBECK AROUND 715 PM CDT

  MEXIA AROUND 735 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 3169 9689 3126 9659 3143 9626 3180 9654

      3179 9671



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KFWD 200012

FFWFTW

TXC293-200315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

708 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 708 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 6 MILES WEST OF GROESBECK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 

  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY

  THROUGH 830 PM.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT LOCATIONS FROM

  GROESBECK EAST AND SOUTHEAST TO THE COUNTY LINE HAVE RECEIVED

  UPWARD TO THREE OR FOUR INCHES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.



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

  GROESBECK AROUND 715 PM CDT

  MEXIA AROUND 735 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 3169 9689 3126 9659 3143 9626 3180 9654

      3179 9671



$$

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