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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

607 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* AT 607 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN IN WESTERN TARRANT...AND PARKER COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 25  

  MPH. OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER A LARGE PART OF   

  TARRANT COUNTY THIS MORNING...AND ONE TO TWO INCHES MORE ARE 

  POSSIBLE BEFORE 700 AM.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARLINGTON...BEDFORD...

  BENBROOK...COLLEYVILLE...EDGECLIFF...EVERMAN...FOREST HILL AND

  FORT WORTH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3297 9707 3257 9705 3257 9752 3297 9752

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