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WGUS54 KFWD 201238

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TXC085-113-201545-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

738 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

  NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 738 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR PARKER...MOVING NORTH AT 11 MPH.

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

  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1045 AM CDT.



* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE...LUCAS...ALLEN...FAIRVIEW...LOWRY CROSSING...

  FARMERSVILLE...PRINCETON...MCKINNEY...PROSPER...CELINA 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.





LAT...LON 3333 9640 3334 9628 3326 9628 3299 9630

      3300 9652 3288 9652 3287 9684 3340 9677

      3341 9640



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