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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

338 AM CDT SAT OCT 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FANNIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  DELTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  LAMAR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 645 AM CDT



* AT 338 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

ON FM 905 NEAR PARIS. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED POTENTIAL 

FLOODING FROM COOPER...BACK NORTHWEST TO BONHAM...AND TO THE RED 

RIVER. AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH 1 TO 2 INCH HOURLY AMOUNTS ARE 

EXPECTED THROUGH DAYBREAK ACROSS THIS AREA OF NORTH AND NORTHEAST 

TEXAS. 



THIS REGION HAS ALREADY SEEN HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS 

EVENING WITH SOILS WELL SATURATED. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL MOST 

LIKELY RUN-OFF ONTO ROADS...UNDERPASSES. AREA CREEKS AND STREAM WILL 

BE SWOLLEN OR OVERFLOWING AS WELL...CAUSING POTENTIAL...LIFE 

THREATENING FLOODING. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLOSSOM...COOPER...DEPORT...

  HONEY GROVE...LEONARD AND PARIS



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.



ALSO...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. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS...WEATHER SITUATION



REPORT ALL FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE...WHO 

WILL THEN RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORTH 

WORTH. 





LAT...LON 3370 9636 3337 9634 3341 9587 3328 9582

          3337 9530 3390 9536 3387 9595

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