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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

648 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOOD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  PARKER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  SOMERVELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 PM CST.



* THIS EVENING...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES

WIDESPREAD 3 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN 

WEATHERFORD...GRANBURY...GLEN ROSE...AND CLEBURNE. 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 3252 9706 3226 9712 3227 9752 3225 9789

          3299 9805 3297 9760 3252 9752

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