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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

414 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 615 PM CST.



* AT 414 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN ALONG THE TARRANT-DENTON COUNTY LINE NEAR WESTLAKE.  THIS     

  RAIN IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARGYLE...COPPER CANYON...

  CORINTH...DENTON...DOUBLE OAK...FLOWER MOUND...HEBRON...HICKORY

  CREEK...HIGHLAND VILLAGE...LAKE DALLAS...LEWISVILLE AND LITTLE ELM



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 3315 9731 3299 9728 3301 9684 3327 9685

          3325 9715

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