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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

643 AM CST WED NOV 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  SOUTHERN CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  EASTERN LAMPASAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 830 AM CST



* AT 643 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALADO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 

  25 MPH.



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

  SALADO AROUND 735 AM CST

  BELTON...KILLEEN...AND COPPERAS COVE AROUND 800 AM CST

  TEMPLE AROUND 815 AM CST

  TROY AROUND 830 AM CST



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ADAMSVILLE...FORT HOOD...

HARKER HEIGHTS...KEMPNER...LAMPASAS...NOLANVILLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN 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 ALSO SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS 

AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO 

NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3090 9760 3098 9787 3106 9796 3104 9830

      3137 9821 3133 9743 3122 9739 3128 9730

      3100 9712 3093 9730 3079 9734



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