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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

247 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 545 AM CST.



* AT 245 AM...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND LAW ENFORCEMENT     

  OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE THREE COUNTIES. IN 

  DALLAS...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN NORTHWEST...AND NORTHERN PARTS

  OF THE CITY...WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED. IN COLLIN COUNTY...SEVERAL 

  COUNTY ROADS WERE REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. AND IN 

  JOHNSON COUNTY...SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS SOUTH OF JOSHUA WERE CLOSED.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THESE COUNTIES UNTIL 4 

AM...AND FURTHER FLOODING PROBLEMS CAN BE EXPECTED.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

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

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3252 9757 3222 9755 3226 9718 3254 9709

          3259 9656 3301 9653 3305 9633 3331 9633

          3337 9681 3298 9680 3297 9698 3257 9704

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