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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

350 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 645 PM CST



* AT 350 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY OVER TARRANT COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 25 

MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH THE PASSAGE 

OF THIS LINE. 



THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS AND RUNOFF 

FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS. FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW-LYING AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY... 

ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



LAT...LON 3284 9701 3260 9701 3257 9656 3298 9673

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