

000 

WGUS54 KFWD 182301

FFWFTW

TXC367-190200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

556 PM CDT FRI OCT 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PARKER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 556 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT       

  BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF   

  PARKER COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS FORMING    

  OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY AND WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME 

  AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL.  AN ADDITIONAL    

  ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 900 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 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.



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 3291 9799 3261 9800 3262 9760 3292 9762



&&

ROBBINS



000 

WGUS54 KFWD 182301

FFWFTW

TXC367-190200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

556 PM CDT FRI OCT 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PARKER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 556 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT       

  BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF   

  PARKER COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS FORMING    

  OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY AND WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME 

  AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL.  AN ADDITIONAL    

  ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 900 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 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.



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 3291 9799 3261 9800 3262 9760 3292 9762



&&

ROBBINS

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