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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

454 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  GRAYSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 454 AM CDT...DENTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL

  ROADS IN THE COUNTY WERE BEGINNING TO FLOOD AT LOW WATER 

  CROSSINGS. 

  

THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM DENTON...TO NEAR SHERMAN...AND

THEN TO NEAR BONHAM...WERE NEARLY STATIONARY...AND WERE PRODUCING

RAINFALL AMOUNTS ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER

HOUR.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



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.



MOTORISTS GOING TO WORK THIS MORNING...AND ALSO BUSES TAKING CHILDREN 

TO SCHOOL...SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD...

ESPECIALLY IN THE DARK. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW 

THEIR VEHICLE TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER 

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 



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 3337 9729 3303 9734 3313 9690 3340 9684

          3344 9592 3378 9588 3379 9687 3343 9688

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