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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

500 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DELTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  LAMAR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREAS...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...DEPORT...BLOSSOM AND PARIS.



HIGH WATER RESCUES WERE IN PROGRESS IN LAMAR COUNTY NEAR TIGERTOWN 

ROAD.



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 3298 9585 3385 9586 3392 9558 3386 9532

      3321 9528 3297 9530

TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 181DEG 6KT 3346 9556



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