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WGUS54 KFWD 182023

FFWFWD

TXC001-161-289-182315-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

323 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL FREESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  SOUTH CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  NORTHEASTERN LEON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 615 PM CDT



* AT 321 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF OAKWOOD. THE

  STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR

  INDICATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2

  TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 615 PM CDT.



* THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT BUTLER...       

  OAKWOOD...LONG LAKE...AND TUCKER



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. 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 3178 9577 3160 9563 3152 9581 3169 9594



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