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WGUS74 KFWD 200401

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1000 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



TXC113-139-251-439-200530-

TARRANT TX-DALLAS TX-JOHNSON TX-ELLIS TX-

1000 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM CST FOR ELLIS...

JOHNSON...DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTIES...



AT 955 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM MESQUITE TO 

MIDLOTHIAN TO GRANDVIEW. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 

WHILE THE OVERALL AREA WAS SHIFTING SLOWLY EAST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY OVER EASTERN JOHNSON AND WESTERN ELLIS 

COUNTIES NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN AND EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY. 



PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS REPORT MANY ROADS REMAIN FLOODED IN THE 

WARNING AREA FROM HEAVY RAINS EARLIER TODAY. 



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.



LAT...LON 3217 9757 3228 9707 3211 9687 3231 9650

      3298 9655 3299 9752 3256 9753 3255 9761



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