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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1024 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
* UNTIL 115 PM CDT
* AT 1024 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING IN LANCASTER. AT 1020 AM CDT...NEARLY STATIONARY
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN DALLAS...AND NORTHERN
ELLIS COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE PAST HOUR HAVE AVERAGE
OVER ONE INCH...WITH SCATTERED TWO INCH AMOUNTS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY...WITH ANOTHER TWO OR THREE
INCHES POSSIBLE.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ADDISON...BALCH SPRINGS...
CEDAR HILL...COCKRELL HILL...COMBINE...DALLAS...DESOTO...
DUNCANVILLE...ENNIS...FARMERS BRANCH...FERRIS AND GARLAND
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3252 9707 3228 9706 3209 9691 3234 9646
3267 9655 3297 9653 3297 9698 3256 9699