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TXC085-113-121-439-130145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

445 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  SOUTHEASTERN DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  EASTERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 745 PM CST



* AT 445 PM CST...FLASH FLOODING WAS ONGOING NEAR ARLINGTON.



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

  IRVING...DALLAS...COPPELL...FARMERS BRANCH...CARROLLTON...AND

  LEWISVILLE.



AT 445 PM CST...A LINE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED FROM ARLINGTON 

TO NEAR DFW AIRPORT. ALTHOUGH THE INDIVIDUAL RAIN CELLS ARE MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...THE LINE IS MAKING ONLY MINIMAL PROGRESS TO 

THE EAST.



A HIGH WATER RESCUE WAS REPORTED NEAR SIX FLAGS IN NORTH ARLINGTON.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 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 3323 9705 3257 9724 3255 9671 3339 9640

      3338 9682



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