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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1057 PM CDT FRI OCT 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCLENNAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1057 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING  

  IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF WACO...JUST TO THE EAST OF LAKE          

  WACO...WHERE WATER WAS COVERING A ROADWAY.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BELLMEAD...BEVERLY HILLS...

BRUCEVILLE-EDDY...HEWITT...LACY-LAKEVIEW...LORENA...MART...

MCGREGOR...MOODY...ROBINSON...WACO AND WEST



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3128 9729 3126 9735 3134 9743 3141 9746

      3144 9750 3159 9759 3186 9703 3182 9702

      3153 9681



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