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WGUS54 KFWD 201048

FFWFWD

TXC085-113-201245-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

548 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 745 AM CDT



* AT 546 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN STRETCHING FROM VAN ALSTYNE TO 

RICHARDSON...MOVING NORTH AT 6 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE TRAINING OVER 

THE SAME AREA AND CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG HIGHWAY 75. FLASH FLOODING 

HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THE MCKINNEY INDUSTRIAL AREA. RADAR 

INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 2 

TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 745 AM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...LOWRY CROSSING...MCKINNEY...PROSPER...PRINCETON AND ANNA.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3299 9649 3298 9652 3291 9652 3290 9651

      3287 9652 3286 9684 3340 9677 3340 9641



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