

000 

WGUS54 KFWD 070253

FFWFTW

TXC121-497-070500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

950 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

  SOUTHEAST WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT PM CDT



* AT 950 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH           

  FLOODING ANYWHERE FROM NEAR BOYD...TO PONDER AND KRUM...TO SANGER

  WHERE PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 35 ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

  MANY HOMES IN THIS AREA ARE BEING THREATENED BY HIGH WATER. WITH

  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT...

  THE FLASH FLOOD SITUATION WILL ONLY WORSEN DUE TO RAPID RUN OFF. 



* THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION



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

  BARTONVILLE...BOYD...COPPER CANYON...CORINTH...DECATUR...DENTON...

  DOUBLE OAK...FLOWER MOUND...HICKORY CREEK AND HIGHLAND VILLAGE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IN THESE AREAS. 

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.



LAT...LON 3341 9685 3302 9686 3300 9793 3343 9750



$$

