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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

630 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  GRAYSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1030 PM CST.



* THIS EVENING...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESITMATES A 

LARGE AREA OF RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES FROM PLANO...TO 

MCKINNEY...TO SHERMAN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL 

LIKELY PRODUCE THE WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...LOW LYING 

AREAS...STREAMS AND CREEKS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 

AND 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



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.



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 3371 9643 3306 9637 3302 9679 3377 9688

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