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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1241 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  ROCKWALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 345 PM CDT



* AT 1239 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND

  OF VERY HEAVY FROM NEAR MESQUITE TO EAST OF TERRELL. MOVEMENT

  WAS NORTH AT 15 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BALCH SPRINGS...COMBINE...

  CRANDALL...FORNEY...GARLAND...HEATH...KAUFMAN...MESQUITE...

  ROWLETT...SEAGOVILLE AND SUNNYVALE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3257 9665 3256 9611 3282 9605 3294 9666

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