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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

709 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



TXC251-439-200230-

TARRANT TX-JOHNSON TX-

709 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



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

TARRANT COUNTIES...



AT 704 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM OVER PORTIONS OF TARRANT AND JOHNSON 

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

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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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