

000 

WGUS74 KFWD 192024

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

220 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



TXC251-439-192045-

TARRANT TX-JOHNSON TX-

220 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR JOHNSON AND

SOUTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTIES...



AT 215 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM ARLINGTON...TO 

BURLESON. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN EXTENDED TO WEST OF CLEBURNE. 

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION CONTINUES IN JOHNSON AND SOUTHEAST 

TARRANT COUNTIES. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING...INCLUDING SOME 

VEHICLES STRANDED...HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. CREEKS ARE FLOODED WITH 

WATER OVER SOME BRIDGES IN PORTIONS OF ARLINGTON.



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



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 3219 9753 3229 9711 3286 9703 3284 9734



$$

