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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

152 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



TXC113-192130-

DALLAS TX-

152 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR DALLAS

COUNTY...



AT 150 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF DALLAS  COUNTY...FROM NEAR 

GARLAND...TO DOWNTOWN DALLAS...AND INTO EASTERN TARRANT COUNTY. 

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION NOW EXISTS IN DALLAS COUNTY. THE HEAVY 

RAIN HAS RESULTED IN STRANDED VEHICLES IN GRAND PRAIRIE... AND 

FLOODED CREEKS IN NORTHEAST DALLAS. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODED 

INTERSECTIONS AND LOW AREAS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH 330 PM WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL 

RUNOFF AND A CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS OF

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD

WATERS



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER 

OF FLOOD WATERS. LESS THAN THREE FEET OF OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER 

CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3256 9703 3263 9654 3298 9654 3292 9700



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