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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

754 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



TXC251-439-200230-

TARRANT TX-JOHNSON TX-

754 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 748 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF TARRANT AND 

JOHNSON COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS HAVE MOVED OUT OF 

THESE COUNTIES...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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3221 9758 3229 9711 3299 9704 3299 9753



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