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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

638 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 636 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

ONGOING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY.  RADAR INDICATES 

THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2   

INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 845 AM CDT.  RUNOFF FROM HEAVY 

RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY MAY SPREAD SOUTH AND CAUSE 

FLOODING PROBLEMS IN SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY EVEN THOUGH NO HEAVY 

RAINFALL IS FALLING DIRECTLY ON THESE AREAS.



* LOCATIONS THAT MAY CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY FLOODING  

INCLUDE...UNIVERSITY PARK...SUNNYVALE...SACHSE...ROWLETT...  

RICHARDSON...MESQUITE...IRVING...HIGHLAND PARK...GARLAND...FARMERS   

BRANCH...DALLAS...COPPELL...CARROLLTON AND ADDISON.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 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.



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LAT...LON 3299 9652 3255 9652 3256 9702 3257 9703

      3299 9703



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