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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

200 PM 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

  TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 200 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS DALLAS AND TARRANT            

  COUNTIES... MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLASH      

  FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS DALLAS COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES  

  THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF       

  DALLAS COUNTY AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF TARRANT COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 

  2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 500 PM CDT AS THUNDERSTORMS      

  CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA FROM THE SOUTH.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN          

  INCLUDE...RICHLAND HILLS...HALTOM CITY...MESQUITE...               

  DALLAS...HIGHLAND PARK...SUNNYVALE...UNIVERSITY                    

  PARK...KELLER...PECAN ACRES...HASLET...GRAPEVINE...SOUTHLAKE...    

  ADDISON AND CARROLLTON.



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 3266 9755 3266 9754 3300 9753 3299 9652

      3270 9651 3255 9652 3255 9728 3256 9755

TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 189DEG 46KT 3275 9692



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