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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

250 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



TXC113-192130-

DALLAS TX-

250 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



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

COUNTY...



AT 247 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR DUNCANVILLE...TO 

DOWNTOWN DALLAS...TO ADDISON AND GARLAND. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 

40 MPH.



A DANGEROUS FLOOD EVENT CONTINUES OVER DALLAS COUNTY. WIDESPREAD 

AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM GRAND PRAIRIE...TO 

HIGHLAND PARK...TO GARLAND. SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF AND FLOODING 

CONTINUES THROUGH MUCH OF THIS AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... ROADS 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE 

SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY

DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED

ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A COUPLE FEET OF SWIFTLY

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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



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