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WGUS54 KFWD 181801

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1259 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HILL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 1259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS HILL COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 50

  MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.

  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 400 PM CDT ACROSS 

  THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...COVINGTON.



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.



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 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 3178 9733 3184 9728 3187 9737 3190 9737

      3193 9742 3198 9738 3204 9749 3213 9749

      3220 9744 3227 9708 3208 9695 3208 9691

      3194 9684 3175 9728

TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 192DEG 49KT 3213 9713



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