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WGUS54 KFWD 232357

FFWFWD

TXC133-143-363-429-240200-

/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0024.080423T2356Z-080424T0200Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

656 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN EASTLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  NORTHERN ERATH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  PALO PINTO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  STEPHENS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

   THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA MOVING       

   NORTHEAST AT 21 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN   

   HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE        

   THROUGH 900 PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...MINERAL WELLS AND GRAFORD.



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 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.



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 3296 9910 3295 9847 3295 9842 3301 9842

      3301 9813 3299 9805 3251 9806 3234 9798

      3231 9912

TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 203DEG 18KT 3276 9840



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