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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

955 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAMAR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 100 AM CST.



* AT 953 PM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS 

NEAR PARIS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN.  THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING 

OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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.



LAT...LON 3383 9582 3385 9534 3351 9531 3350 9554

          3355 9574 3353 9584

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