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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1248 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 1248 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR GARLAND...ROWLETT 

...MESQUITE AND SURROUNDING AREAS. RAINFALL OF 1.25 INCHES IN 30 

MINUTES HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM. OTHER INTENSE STORMS WILL 

MOVE INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF DALLAS COUNTY BETWEEN 1 AM AND 2 AM 

RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ADDISON...BALCH SPRINGS...

  DALLAS...FARMERS BRANCH...GARLAND...HIGHLAND

  PARK...HUTCHINS...MESQUITE...RICHARDSON AND ROWLETT



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 3298 9654 3260 9654 3260 9699 3298 9699



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