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WGUS54 KFWD 240152

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TXC143-363-240445-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

851 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ERATH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  PALO PINTO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 851 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF ERATH COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM 

EARLIER RAINFALL CONTINUES TO RESULT IN FLOODING OVER PALO PINTO 

COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1145 PM CDT. 

THIS EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING.



* THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.



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 3294 9855 3297 9808 3255 9807 3209 9792

      3202 9838

TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 274DEG 16KT 3219 9800



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