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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

224 PM 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



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT



* AT 224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER COLLIN COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 

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

  FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 530 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...MCKINNEY...FARMERSVILLE...PRINCETON...PROSPER...CELINA

  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 3315 9684 3340 9682 3340 9639 3336 9638

      3334 9636 3335 9629 3299 9629 3299 9683

TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 190DEG 49KT 3316 9657



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