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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

838 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 838 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF  

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR        

  EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRIDGEPORT...TO BOYD AND       

  DECATUR..TO KRUM AND SANGER...MOVING SOUTHEAST 15 MPH. PORTIONS OF 

  DENTON COUNTY FROM PONDER TO KRUM...WEST THROUGH DECATUR HAVE      

  ALREADY SEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. ANY 

  FURTHER HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND POSSIBLE FLASH  

  FLOODING. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALVORD...ARGYLE...          

  AUBREY...BARTONVILLE...CHICO...COPPER CANYON...CORINTH...DENTON 

  AND JUSTIN



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS 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 3341 9693 3301 9711 3301 9796 3339 9774



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