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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

600 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

  TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  

* UNTIL 900 PM CST.



* AT 558 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF   

  HEAVY RAIN TO THE WEST OF DENTON AND TARRANT COUNTIES.  THIS RAIN  

  WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...AND CREATE MORE FLOODING PROBLEMS        

  THIS EVENING.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARGYLE...ARLINGTON...       

  AUBREY...BARTONVILLE...BEDFORD...BLUE MOUND...                     

  COLLEYVILLE...CORINTH...DENTON AND DOUBLE OAK.



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.



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 3297 9753 3258 9714 3332 9681 3345 9725

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