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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

738 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 PM CST.



* A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE UP TO 2 INCHES OF 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON SATURATED SOILS IN FANNIN COUNTY. HONEY GROVE 

HAS ALREADY RECEIVED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL TODAY. AMOUNTS OF 

THIS MAGNITUDE...WILL LIKELY PRODUCE THE FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS 

AND CREEKS WITH HIGH WATER ACROSS NUMEROUS ROADWAYS. 



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 3366 9635 3337 9635 3345 9589 3382 9590

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