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Flash Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

829
WGUS54 KFWD 160322
FFWFWD
TXC251-160515-
/O.NEW.KFWD.FF.W.0005.130516T0322Z-130516T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1022 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1022 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOSHUA TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEENE...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH
  FLOODING THROUGH 1215 AM CDT.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE...GRANDVIEW...ALVARADO AND VENUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT
DROWN. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST
VEHICLES...INCLUDING PICKUPS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. TAKE A
DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL WATER
RECEDES. CHILDREN SHOULD NEVER PLAY AROUND HIGH WATER...DRAINAGE
DITCHES...STORM DRAINS...OR FLOODED STREAMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW
MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS OR IF THE ROAD HAS BEEN DAMAGED OR WASHED
AWAY. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL
WATER RECEDES.

&&

LAT...LON 3256 9749 3253 9733 3247 9708 3227 9708
      3225 9713 3221 9734 3230 9762 3255 9761

$$