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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1015 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RAINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 1011 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

  A SLOW MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN TO 

  BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES PER HOUR...MOVING INTO THE EMORY AND CANTON 

  AREAS. THIS RATE OF RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN LIFE-           

  THREATENING FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS 

  THE WARNED AREA.



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

  TAWAKONI STATE PARK...WILLS POINT...GRAND SALINE...FRUITVALE...

  EMORY...EDGEWOOD AND EAST TAWAKONI



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 3240 9606 3284 9607 3285 9596 3286 9594

      3289 9597 3298 9593 3298 9566 3272 9564

      3269 9560 3249 9560 3240 9550 3236 9550



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