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TXC161-200245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

743 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS EXTENDED THE 



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FREESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 743 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIRFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...

  AND OTHER THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN GROESBECK AND MARLIN THAT WILL

  MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 945 PM. 



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

  SOUTHEAST RURAL FREESTONE COUNTY AT 800 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 3179 9648 3144 9622 3163 9583 3178 9598

      3198 9608



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