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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

700 PM CST MON MAR 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRAYSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 11 PM CST.



* AT 658 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN TIOGA...SHERMAN...AND DENISON.  OVER ONE 

INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY 

AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED OVERFLOWING DITCHES AND 

SWOLLEN CREEKS NEAR SHERMAN. 



AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING 

AS THUNDERSTORMS SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE SAME AREA. 



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.



LAT...LON 3373 9689 3346 9691 3344 9643 3373 9639

          3382 9686

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