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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

525 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 521 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH     

  DALLAS COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE APPROACHING FROM 

  THE SOUTH.  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES   

  OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.  CITY OF DALLAS RAIN GAGES INDICATE    

  THAT ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN LESS THAN 30    

  MINUTES NEAR UNIVERSITY PARK.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IN A     

  VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME IS LIKELY.



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

  PARK...SUNNYVALE...SACHSE...ROWLETT...RICHARDSON...IRVING...

  HIGHLAND PARK...GARLAND...FARMERS BRANCH...DALLAS...COPPELL...

  CARROLLTON AND ADDISON



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.



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3257 9703 3298 9703 3298 9652 3256 9652

      3256 9701



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