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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

725 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  ROCKWALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1030 PM CST



* AT 724 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR FARMERSVILLE...TO

  WYLIE...TO SOUTHWEST OF GARLAND. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 



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

  PRINCETON...PLANO...PARKER...MCKINNEY...LUCAS...LOWRY CROSSING...

  FARMERSVILLE...FAIRVIEW...ANNA AND ALLEN.



RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE 

WARNING AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 

THE THREAT OF RUNOFF AND WILL AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLOOD SITUATION.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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 3282 9651 3285 9631 3332 9632 3337 9671

      3302 9676 3301 9655



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