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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

550 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



TXC085-397-200130-

COLLIN TX-ROCKWALL TX-

550 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR ROCKWALL AND

COLLIN COUNTIES...



AT 545 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

EASTERN COLLIN COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING FROM GUNTER 

TO FRISCO. ALTHOUGH NO HEAVY RAIN IS CURRENTLY FALLING IN ROCKWALL 

COUNTY...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE 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 3284 9650 3285 9633 3338 9629 3316 9685



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