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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1055 AM CDT MON OCT 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOSQUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  HILL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT



* AT 1055 AM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED RISING CREEKS AND 

  STREAMS IN THE AQUILLA AREA OF HILL COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER 

  SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF 

  CLIFTON TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF HILLSBORO. THE SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

  OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA BETWEEN 11 

  AM AND 2 PM.



* THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL AFFECT...

  HILLSBORO AND BYNUM THROUGH 200 PM CDT

  AQUILLA THROUGH 130 PM CDT



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CLIFTON AND MERIDIAN. 



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 3187 9783 3160 9759 3195 9687 3215 9701



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