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WGUS74 KFWD 192103

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

300 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



TXC085-397-192230-

COLLIN TX-ROCKWALL TX-

300 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR ROCKWALL AND

SOUTHEASTERN COLLIN COUNTIES...



AT 258 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SOUTH OF 

FARMERSVILLE...TO ROYSE CITY...TO WEST OF ROCKWALL. MOVEMENT WAS 

NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE 

WARNING AREA SINCE 200 PM. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT 

OF DANGEROUS RUNOFF AND FLOODING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. ROCKWALL 

COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN BOTH ROYSE CITY AND 

ROCKWALL.



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



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 3283 9651 3284 9631 3327 9631 3317 9665



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