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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1024 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 115 PM CDT



* AT 1024 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

  FLOODING IN LANCASTER. AT 1020 AM CDT...NEARLY STATIONARY 

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN DALLAS...AND NORTHERN 

  ELLIS COUNTIES.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE PAST HOUR HAVE AVERAGE 

  OVER ONE INCH...WITH SCATTERED TWO INCH AMOUNTS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

  RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY...WITH ANOTHER TWO OR THREE 

  INCHES POSSIBLE.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ADDISON...BALCH SPRINGS...

  CEDAR HILL...COCKRELL HILL...COMBINE...DALLAS...DESOTO...

  DUNCANVILLE...ENNIS...FARMERS BRANCH...FERRIS AND GARLAND







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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3252 9707 3228 9706 3209 9691 3234 9646

          3267 9655 3297 9653 3297 9698 3256 9699



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