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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

706 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 705 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 40 

  MPH. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 

  FROM HOOD AND JOHNSON COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 3 INCHES AN 

  HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WIDESPREAD STREET

  FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF TARRANT COUNTY THIS 

  EVENING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARLINGTON...BEDFORD...  

  BENBROOK...BLUE MOUND...COLLEYVILLE...DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS...  

  EAGLE MOUNTAIN...EDGECLIFF...EULESS...EVERMAN...FOREST HILL AND

  DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH



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 3256 9704 3257 9754 3283 9752 3299 9753

          3299 9731 3300 9704 3280 9705



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