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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1115 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  EASTERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 215 PM CDT



* AT 1115 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF DESOTO TO 34 MILES SOUTH OF RENDON...MOVING 

  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER DALLAS AND 

  EASTERN TARRANT COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. RADAR INDICATES 

  THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2

  INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 215 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS...PANTEGO...ARLINGTON...GRAND 

  PRAIRIE...RICHLAND HILLS...  DUNCANVILLE...NORTH RICHLAND 

  HILLS...HURST...BEDFORD...COCKRELL   HILL...KELLER...EULESS 

  ...COLLEYVILLE...SOUTHLAKE...IRVING...GRAPEVINE...DALLAS... 

  LANCASTER...COPPELL...FARMERS BRANCH...CARROLLTON...GARLAND 

  ...RICHARDSON...HUTCHINS...SACHSE...WILMER...ROWLETT...AND 

  MESQUITE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY

MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO

REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3299 9723 3299 9652 3259 9656 3257 9728

TIME...MOT...LOC 1615Z 213DEG 34KT 3252 9692 3211 9706



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