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WGUS54 KFWD 230238

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TXC237-230530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

936 PM CDT THU APR 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN JACK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 936 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER

  OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHWESTERN JACK

  COUNTY. RADAR SUGGESTS OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SOUTH AND

  SOUTHWEST OF THE SHANNON COMMUNITY SINCE 830 PM. THE STORMS WERE

  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



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.



LAT...LON 3347 9841 3330 9841 3329 9793 3346 9791



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