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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1055 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1051 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS           

  DETECTED VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM    

  NEAR DENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...

  AUBREY...KRUGERVILLE AND RAY ROBERTS PARK ISLE DU BOIS BY 1100 PM

  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RAY ROBERTS PARK JOHNSON BRANCH BY 1105 PM

  PILOT POINT BY 1110 PM



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.



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.



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 3300 9737 3301 9739 3308 9739 3309 9737

      3343 9737 3343 9737 3342 9684 3300 9684



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