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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

623 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 830 PM CST



* AT 622 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED

  TO DETECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM

  COPPELL...TO DALLAS...TO MESQUITE. WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE

  RAIN COVERED MUCH OF THE REST OF THE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS

  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNIVERSITY

  PARK...SUNNYVALE...SACHSE...ROWLETT...RICHARDSON...MESQUITE...

  IRVING...HIGHLAND PARK...GARLAND...FARMERS BRANCH...DALLAS...

  COPPELL AND ADDISON.



A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION CONTINUES IN DALLAS COUNTY. CONTINUED 

RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RUNOFF AND FLOODING THROUGH THE 

EVENING HOURS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. LESS THAN THREE FEET

OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3258 9699 3257 9654 3296 9656 3297 9700



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