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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

715 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 712 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR...FROM EASTERN SECTIONS OF FORT 

WORTH...THROUGH THE MID CITIES...IRVING...ARLINGTON...GRAPEVINE... 

AND INTO GRAND PRAIRIE...CARROLLTON AND WEST DALLAS. ACTIVITY WAS 

GENERALLY MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...BUT SOME SPORADIC 

MOVEMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE NOTED ON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR. 

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID 

EVENING...OR 900 PM CDT ACROSS THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA. 



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. 



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 

IMMEDIATELY THEN...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.



LAT...LON 3298 9739 3257 9742 3255 9678 3299 9677



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