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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

837 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

  CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 AM CST



* AT 830 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN 

  CONTINUING ACROSS BELL AND CORYELL COUNTIES. MORE MODERATE TO 

  HEAVY RAIN ALONG I-35 FROM SAN MARCOS...TO AUSTIN...AND 

  GEORGETOWN...WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING...AS IT 

  MOVES NORTH AT 25 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SALADO...HARKER HEIGHTS...

  NOLANVILLE...BELTON...KILLEEN...MORGANS POINT RESORT...

  COPPERAS COVE...FORT HOOD...GATESVILLE...PIDCOKE...TEMPLE...

  AND TROY.



MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA HAVE RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF 2 

INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS...THROUGH MIDDAY.



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 3170 9769 3135 9745 3125 9735 3128 9727

      3099 9710 3090 9727 3076 9732 3076 9732

      3087 9759 3093 9783 3112 9792 3146 9819



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