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Flash Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

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WGUS54 KFWD 091632
FFWFWD
TXC161-293-091815-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
1132 AM CDT Tue Apr 9 2024

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Freestone County in central Texas...
  Limestone County in central Texas...

* Until 115 PM CDT.

* At 1132 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
  2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or
  expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets, and underpasses as well as other
           poor drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Mexia, Groesbeck, Teague, Fairfield, Mart, Wortham, Lake
  Limestone, Fort Parker State Park, Lake Mexia, Fairfield Lake
  State Park, Fairfield Lake, Richland-Chambers Reservoir, Thornton,
  Kosse, Tehuacana, Streetman, Kirvin, Cotton Gin, Fallon and
  Freestone.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3198 9606 3197 9605 3196 9606 3196 9602
      3191 9600 3188 9603 3188 9597 3184 9599
      3179 9598 3175 9588 3170 9588 3168 9580
      3169 9579 3162 9579 3138 9632 3136 9632
      3122 9660 3158 9684 3180 9650 3201 9606

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

$$

Schroeder