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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

536 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



TXC113-200030-

DALLAS TX-

536 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR DALLAS

COUNTY...



...DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION FOR DALLAS COUNTY...



AT 535 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF DALLAS COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO AFFECT THE WARNED AREA. MORE SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THESE STORMS 

MAY BRING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR TO AREAS 

ALREADY EXPERIENCING FLOODING PROBLEMS. 



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A FLOOD-PRONE 

AREA OR SEE WATER RISING IN YOUR AREA...TAKE QUICK ACTION TO GET TO 

SAFETY.



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 3255 9702 3278 9654 3298 9654 3299 9702



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