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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

355 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 700 PM CDT



* AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS HILL COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 

  55 MPH. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS ROADS BEGINNING TO BE CLOSED 

  IN AND AROUND ITASCA. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN   

  HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE         

  THROUGH 700 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...CARLS CORNER...BLUM...ITASCA AND 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.



LAT...LON 3178 9733 3184 9728 3188 9739 3190 9737

      3195 9742 3198 9738 3204 9749 3213 9749

      3220 9744 3227 9708 3208 9695 3208 9691

      3191 9678 3183 9702 3187 9704 3175 9728

TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 188DEG 49KT 3207 9714



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