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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

715 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 915 PM CST



* AT 710 PM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING ON STATE HIGHWAY 80 LOCATED TWO MILES EAST OF 

  EDGEWOOD. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS

FALLEN OVER A LARGE PART OF VAN ZANDT COUNTY THIS EVENING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN

INCH THROUGH 8 PM...WILL LIKELY CAUSE THE FLASH FLOODING

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND ROADWAYS...BETWEEN CANTON

AND GRAND SALINE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF 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. NEVER TRY TO  

CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY IN AN AUTOMOBILE...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT

WHEN VISIBILITIES ARE POOR.  



LAT...LON 3238 9598 3238 9559 3268 9562 3276 9587

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