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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

620 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



TXC251-439-200230-

TARRANT TX-JOHNSON TX-

620 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR JOHNSON AND

TARRANT COUNTIES...



...DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION CONTINUES FOR TARRANT AND JOHNSON 

COUNTIES...



AT 615 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM OVER PORTIONS OF TARRANT AND JOHNSON 

COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST... 

ACCUMULATING RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE 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 3221 9758 3229 9711 3299 9704 3299 9753



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