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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

212 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ROCKWALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 515 PM CDT



* AT 212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER ROCKWALL COUNTY...MOVING        

  NORTH AT 45 MPH. ROCKWALL SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTS              

  INTERSTATE 30 FRONTAGE ROADS AT MILE MARKER 79 ARE CLOSED DUE      

  TO HIGH WATER. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS      

  ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE             

  THROUGH 515 PM CDT.





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 3286 9651 3288 9652 3299 9651 3299 9629

      3283 9630 3283 9651

TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 187DEG 39KT 3299 9639



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