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000 

WGUS54 KFWD 200616

FFWFWD

TXC113-139-397-200915-

/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0076.080820T0616Z-080820T0915Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

116 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  NORTH CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  WESTERN ROCKWALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 415 AM CDT



* AT 115 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR BALCH SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT

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

  FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 415 AM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...RICHARDSON...MESQUITE...SEAGOVILLE...GARLAND...

  SUNNYVALE...ROWLETT...SACHSE...HEATH...ROCKWALL AND FATE.



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. TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3282 9652 3266 9651 3256 9652 3255 9653

      3254 9652 3244 9653 3235 9689 3299 9679

      3298 9638 3283 9637



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