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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

125 AM CST SAT MAR 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JACKSBORO



* UNTIL 430 AM CST



* AT 125 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF 

JACKSBORO...OR NEAR PERRIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL REMAIN IN SOUTHERN 

JACK COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR...AND ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH 400 AM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN JACK COUNTY DURING 

THE PAST HOUR...AND ANY FURTHER RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ANY 

FLASH FLOODING.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

FORT WORTH.



LAT...LON 3321 9840 3303 9833 3302 9797 3336 9801

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