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WGUS54 KFWD 240143

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

843 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  SOUTHERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT



* AT 843 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES

  SOUTHEAST OF BENBROOK TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLEBURNE...MOVING

  EAST AT 33 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1045

  PM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...EDGECLIFF...FORT WORTH...ALVARADO...EVERMAN...FOREST

  HILL...RENDON...KENNEDALE...VENUS...MANSFIELD...DALWORTHINGTON

  GARDENS...PANTEGO AND ARLINGTON.



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 3216 9755 3279 9754 3279 9704 3255 9707

      3255 9709 3250 9708 3229 9711

TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 263DEG 29KT 3266 9739 3231 9726



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