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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

230 AM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PALO PINTO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 730 AM CST.



* AT 230 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF MINERAL WELLS...   

  THROUGH THE CITY OF PALO PINTO...SOUTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF    

  EASTLAND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. RADAR 

  ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN 1 AM AND

  230 AM.

 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLAND 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.





LAT...LON 3293 9856 3248 9856 3256 9809 3295 9805

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