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WGUS54 KFWD 101229

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TXC467-101530-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

727 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VAN ZANDT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT



* AT 727 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE TAWAKONI

  STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 12 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO

  4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL 

  BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1030 AM CDT...AS ANOTHER CLUSTER OF 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST AND 

  WEST. 



  LAW ENFORCEMENT IN VAN ZANDT COUNTY HAVE ALREADY REPORT FLOODED ROADS

  AND CAR STRANDED IN THE EDGEWOOD AND FRUITVALE AREAS...AS WELL AS SOME

  PARTS OF CANTON. 



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...WILLS POINT...EDGEWOOD...FRUITVALE...CANTON...GRAND

  SALINE...PURTIS CREEK STATE PARK...VAN AND EDOM.



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.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE

ROAD. 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 3236 9603 3249 9608 3285 9608 3285 9595

      3280 9590 3278 9586 3278 9579 3272 9566

      3273 9563 3269 9558 3248 9558 3241 9550

      3236 9547

TIME...MOT...LOC 1227Z 315DEG 11KT 3280 9603



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