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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

552 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED 

  TO DETECT HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS 

  EASTERN WISE COUNTY...WITH SEVERAL FLOODED ROADS ALREADY REPORT. 

  MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE SOUTHWEST OF 

  THE COUNTY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35. THUS...MORE ROUNDS OF VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS...WITH 

  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. 



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR 

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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 3343 9739 3301 9739 3300 9791 3343 9792



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