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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

506 PM CDT THU SEP 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  SOUTHERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 506 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA

  OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF BENBROOK TO 

  MIDLOTHIAN.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES

  SINCE 3 PM.  HIGH WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MANSFIELD. ADDITIONAL 

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING AND WILL MOVE OVER THIS AREA THROUGH 

  EARLY EVENING.  



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS...

  EDGECLIFF...EVERMAN...FOREST HILL...KENNEDALE...MIDLOTHIAN AND

  RENDON



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.



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 3269 9745 3244 9727 3243 9688 3268 9715



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