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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

800 AM CST WED NOV 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOSQUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  HOOD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  SOMERVELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1100 AM CST



* AT 755 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN 

  FROM CLIFTON...AND MERIDIAN...TO GLEN ROSE...AND GRANBURY...MOVING 

  NORTH AT 25 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LAKE WHITNEY...OAK TRAIL 

  SHORES...RAINBOW...AND CRESSON.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT ALREADY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNING AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS 

POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS...THROUGH LATE MORNING.



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. MORNING COMMUTERS ARE 

URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION...AND REDUCE SPEED. 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 3254 9764 3221 9763 3206 9752 3176 9732

      3161 9759 3174 9767 3174 9779 3202 9799

      3209 9784 3254 9805



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