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WGUS54 KFWD 051219

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TXC439-051415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

718 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 718 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. HIGH WATER 

RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON HIGHWAY TWO EIGHTY SEVEN SOUTHEAST OF 

MANSFIELD.



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



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 3248 9723 3251 9709 3255 9709 3255 9703

      3265 9703 3261 9721



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