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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

152 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 445 PM CDT



* AT 152 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN TARRANT COUNTY IN 

  THE MANSFIELD AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ONLY VERY SLOWLY

  SOUTHWARD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3261 9727 3255 9730 3256 9701 3267 9707

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