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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1146 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  SOUTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 245 PM CST



* AT 1143 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR CLEBURNE TO NEAR RIO

  VISTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VENUS...

  RICHLAND HILLS...RENDON...PANTEGO...MANSFIELD...KENNEDALE...

  HURST...HALTOM CITY...FORT WORTH...FOREST HILL...EVERMAN...

  CROWLEY...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...BEDFORD...ARLINGTON AND ALVARADO.



RAINFALL OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 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.



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 3219 9753 3229 9711 3286 9703 3284 9734



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