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TXC085-113-040300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

700 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

  NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM OVER THE 

  WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES UPWARDS TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  THE PAST HOUR OR SO OVER THIS AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2     

  INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE AREAS SAW HEAVY RAIN IN THE PAST WEEK...SO  

  SOIL IS LIKELY SATURATED AND ANY HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY RUN OFF. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MURPHY...

  RICHARDSON...PLANO AND PARKER



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS OF

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD

WATERS



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 3292 9685 3294 9657 3306 9656 3306 9683



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