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WGUS54 KFWD 200350

FFWFWD

TXC363-367-200645-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1050 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PALO PINTO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  NORTHWESTERN PARKER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 1048 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 11 MILES SOUTH OF GRAFORD. THE STORMS

  PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR         

  INDICATES THAT AT LEAST 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.  

  ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 145 AM CDT.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF   

  MINERAL WELLS...PALO PINTO...SALESVILLE...AND BRAZOS.



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 3295 9852 3295 9842 3300 9842 3301 9841

      3300 9795 3256 9806 3257 9853



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