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WGUS54 KFWD 190057

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TXC119-223-277-190400-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

757 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 1100 PM CDT



* AT 757 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED AN

  AREA OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTIES. RADAR 

INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 

TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1100 PM CDT. THIS WARNING 

REPLACES THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW 

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER 

TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS 

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT 

ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3385 9586 3392 9558 3386 9532 3321 9528

      3297 9530 3298 9585

TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 181DEG 6KT 3686 9549



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