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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1204 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* AT 1204 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN 

HALF OF THE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

BETWEEN JOSHUA AND BURLESON.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALVARADO...BURLESON...

  CLEBURNE...KEENE AND VENUS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT 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.



LAT...LON 3254 9761 3230 9760 3229 9710 3254 9710



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