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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

250 AM CDT SAT OCT 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  HUNT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  ROCKWALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



AT 245 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN...FROM THE MID 

CITIES...TO NEAR GREENVILLE. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE 

WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES 

IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS NEAR 

GARLAND...PLANO...MCKINNEY...AND GREENVILLE.



NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES WERE REPORTED IN HUNT COUNTY. THE GROUND 

REMAINS VERY SATURATED FROM FRIDAYS RAINS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL ONLY WORSEN ROAD CONDITIONS. BE AWARE OF AREAS THAT 

ARE PRONE TO 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.



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 3258 9705 3258 9656 3283 9654 3290 9601

          3335 9588 3339 9682 3299 9681 3298 9702

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