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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

745 AM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PALO PINTO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 AM CST.



* AT 745 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED RAIN OVER

  MUCH OF PALO PINTO COUNTY. THE RAIN HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY...

  BUT RUNOFF FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WE HAD OVERNIGHT...AND

  ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN...WILL RESULT IN 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.



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 3293 9857 3255 9853 3258 9806 3295 9809

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