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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

740 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



TXC113-200230-

DALLAS TX-

740 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR DALLAS

COUNTY...



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



AT 739 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING FROM SACHSE...TO MESQUITE...TO 

LANCASTER. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AS WELL AS RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS 

STORMS WILL AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOOD 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 3258 9699 3257 9654 3296 9656 3297 9700



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