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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

359 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 600 PM CST.



* AT 359 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER BENBROOK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARLINGTON...BEDFORD...BLUE  

MOUND...COLLEYVILLE...CROWLEY...EAGLE MOUNTAIN...EDGECLIFF... 

EULESS...EVERMAN...FOREST HILL...FORT WORTH...AND NORTH RICHLAND 

HILLS.



AT 4 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN TARRANT COUNTY.  THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE COUNTY AND PRODUCE 

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ON PREVIOUSLY SATURATED GROUNDS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3299 9754 3257 9754 3258 9704 3299 9706

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