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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

453 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

  EASTERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 453 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER DALLAS AND EASTERN TARRANT      

  COUNTIES...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2     

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE   

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 800 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...IRVING...UNIVERSITY PARK...COLLEYVILLE...KELLER...

  GRAPEVINE...SOUTHLAKE...FARMERS BRANCH...GARLAND...ROWLETT...

  COPPELL...ADDISON...CARROLLTON...RICHARDSON AND SACHSE.



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 3299 9728 3299 9651 3256 9653 3256 9730

TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 188DEG 44KT 3284 9700



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