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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

255 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PARKER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 600 AM CST.



* AT 250 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  ON FARM TO MARKET ROAD 52 NEAR WHITT. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY SINCE 2 AM.  SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THIS AREA THROUGH 4 AM...AND 

MORE FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE LIKELY.



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 3294 9799 3259 9799 3263 9761 3296 9759

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