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TXC121-439-250145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

546 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

  NORTHWESTERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 541 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC AND MEDIA HAS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT 

FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO DETECT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED 

AREA AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA. 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER NORTHWESTERN TARRANT AND 

SOUTHERN DENTON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN HASLET AND JUSTIN. 

SEVERAL ROADS ARE FLOODED AND SMALL CREEKS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



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

LEWISVILLE...RAY ROBERTS PARK...SHADY SHORES...SANGER...  

ROANOKE...LITTLE ELM...LAKE DALLAS...JUSTIN...FLOWER 

MOUND...DENTON...ARGYLE AND HASLET



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.





LAT...LON 3299 9752 3301 9738 3342 9738 3343 9728

      3342 9727 3342 9684 3301 9684 3301 9710

      3292 9724 3284 9753



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