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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

604 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  EASTERN WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE 

  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANGER TO BOYD...OR ALONG A 

  LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANGER TO BRIAR...MOVING 

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SALT CREEK IN SOUTHEAST WISE COUNTY WAS 

  REPORTED TO BE NEAR BANKFULL AND CONTINUING TO RISE.



* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...

  SANGER BY 630 PM CDT

  KRUM BY 630 PM CDT

  JUSTIN BY 630 PM CDT

  DENTON BY 700 PM CDT



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.



THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY

DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED

ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER CAN CARRY

VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3321 9714 3305 9729 3301 9740 3301 9779

      3342 9748 3342 9697 3332 9705



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