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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

752 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 PM CST.



* A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN OVER PARTS OF DALLAS COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM. SEVERAL 

AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED OVER THREE AND ONE HALF INCHES TODAY. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE...WILL LIKELY PRODUCE THE FLASH 

FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS WILL 

LIKELY ENCOUNTER PONDING OF WATER ON NUMEROUS ROADWAYS. 



REMEMBER...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 3295 9700 3259 9699 3263 9656 3295 9661

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