Flash Flood Warning until 11:00 am

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
TXC085-113-439-251700-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
754 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 1100 AM CST

* AT 754 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH
  METROPLEX. WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT
  HAS RESULTED IN FLASH FLOODING...PRIMARILY IN URBAN AREAS.
  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 AM...ONLY
  WORSENING ONGOING FLOODING ISSUES.

* LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
  INCLUDE...HIGHLAND PARK...UNIVERSITY PARK...FARMERS BRANCH...
  SEAGOVILLE...WYLIE...SUNNYVALE...SACHSE...ROWLETT...RICHARDSON...
  PROSPER...PRINCETON...PLANO...PARKER...MURPHY...MESQUITE...
  MCKINNEY...LUCAS...LOWRY CROSSING...GARLAND...FRISCO...
  FARMERSVILLE...FAIRVIEW...CELINA...CARROLLTON...BALCH SPRINGS...
  ANNA...ALLEN 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3340 9639 3334 9638 3335 9629 3298 9630
      3298 9652 3255 9653 3256 9755 3299 9754
      3299 9685 3340 9683

$$

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Short Term Forecast

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
723 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-251530-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
723 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012

.NOW...
A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4
INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN THROUGHOUT THE REGION. AN ADDITIONAL
QUARTER INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE MORNING.
THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA WILL LIKELY SEE HIGHER AMOUNTS AS
THIS ACTIVITY SLOWLY PUSHES EAST. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS
ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH
MIDDAY WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS. MAIN THREATS WILL
BE DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS UNTIL 11 AM.