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TXC093-201345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

647 AM CDT FRI AUG 20 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COMANCHE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 647 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

  COMANCHE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF 

  HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR SIPE SPRINGS. RAINFALL OF UP TO 1.5 

  INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE RUNOFF AND FLOODING.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DE LEON



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3206 9888 3173 9865 3186 9819 3223 9858



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