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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

746 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.



* AT 746 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST JOHNSON 

COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



THIS STORM IS MOVING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WITH ALL 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LEADING DIRECTLY TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



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 3219 9755 3229 9712 3254 9712 3255 9760

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