

000 

WGUS54 KFWD 181639

FFWFWD

TXC085-121-181930-

/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0003.080318T1637Z-080318T1930Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1137 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  EASTERN DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 1137 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF WESTERN COLLIN 

  COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH FROM DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTIES 

  THROUGH 2 PM. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

  ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 230 

  PM CDT. 



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...ALLEN...LUCAS...HACKBERRY...FRISCO...LITTLE ELM...

  FAIRVIEW...LOWRY CROSSING...FARMERSVILLE...MCKINNEY...PRINCETON...

  PROSPER...CELINA...PILOT POINT AND ANNA.



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 3301 9699 3340 9696 3340 9639 3337 9638

      3336 9638 3331 9634 3301 9631

TIME...MOT...LOC 1637Z 188DEG 46KT 3309 9670



$$



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000 

WGUS54 KFWD 181639

FFWFWD

TXC085-121-181930-

/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0003.080318T1637Z-080318T1930Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1137 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  EASTERN DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 1137 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF WESTERN COLLIN 

  COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH FROM DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTIES 

  THROUGH 2 PM. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

  ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 230 

  PM CDT. 



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...ALLEN...LUCAS...HACKBERRY...FRISCO...LITTLE ELM...

  FAIRVIEW...LOWRY CROSSING...FARMERSVILLE...MCKINNEY...PRINCETON...

  PROSPER...CELINA...PILOT POINT AND ANNA.



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 3301 9699 3340 9696 3340 9639 3337 9638

      3336 9638 3331 9634 3301 9631

TIME...MOT...LOC 1637Z 188DEG 46KT 3309 9670



$$



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