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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1043 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 1040 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS           

  DETECTED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES   

  WEST OF DENTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT   

  OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN...AND ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OF    

  RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 AM. 



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

  DENTON BY 1125 PM

  6 MILES NORTH OF CORINTH BY 1150 PM



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3300 9737 3310 9701 3331 9702 3328 9737



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