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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

517 AM CDT FRI AUG 20 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 815 AM CDT



* AT 516 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR EASTLAND...TO WEST 

  OF CISCO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 

  2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY CAUSE

  RAPID RUNOFF ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RANGER AND RISING STAR.



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 3247 9909 3211 9908 3230 9851 3247 9850



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