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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

910 PM CDT WED APR 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 902 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN...IN EXCESS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES...OVER GODLEY... 

JOSHUA...KEENE...CLEBURNE...ALVARADO...AND BRIAR OAKS. THESE STORMS 

ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. 



THE FIRST SEVERE STORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO 

ELLIS COUNTY BY 930 PM CDT. HOWEVER...MORE STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL...WERE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST THROUGH GLEN ROSE...TO SOUTH OF 

STEPHENVILLE. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS THESE SAME COMMUNITIES 

WHICH ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...ONLY COMPOUNDING 

THE ALREADY ONGOING RUN OFF...WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH 

FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF JOHNSON COUNTY.   



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY 

AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT 

TO FLOODING.



FURTHERMORE...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. 



LAT...LON 3229 9711 3219 9751 3222 9761 3254 9760

          3254 9713



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