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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

353 PM CDT THU SEP 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 353 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING VERY SLOWLY.  LAW ENFORCEMENT

  HAS REPORTED SIX INCHES OF WATER COVERING PORTIONS OF I-20 NEAR    

  I-45.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN 

  DALLAS COUNTY.  MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN     

  DRIVING DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC.





* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE COCKRELL HILL...

  DUNCANVILLE...HIGHLAND PARK...HUTCHINS AND UNIVERSITY PARK



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 3292 9689 3261 9695 3261 9664 3293 9666



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