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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

553 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  PARKER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 550 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS 

  REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES. THE WORST 

  FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM SOUTHERN PARKER COUNTY...INTO SOUTHERN 

  WISE COUNTY. SEVERAL HOMES WERE REPORTED FLOODED...AND NUMEROUS 

  ROADS WERE CLOSED IN THIS AREA. 



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

  ARLINGTON...AUBREY...AZLE...BARTONVILLE...BEDFORD...BENBROOK...BLUE

  MOUND...BOYD...BRIAR AND BRIDGEPORT



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION THAT WILL CONTINUE TO 

WORSEN...AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES 

ARE LIKELY BY 10 AM OVER THESE FLOODED AREAS. 



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.



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 3258 9803 3257 9704 3299 9705 3303 9686

          3340 9686 3345 9789 3301 9786 3297 9804



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