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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

515 PM CDT WED JUL 5 2006



TXC439-052330-

TARRANT TX-

515 PM CDT WED JUL 5 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR 

TARRANT COUNTY...



AT 515 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO 

MOVE TO THE SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHERN TARRANT COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS 

ACROSS TARRANT COUNTY AT 515 PM CDT WERE LOCATED NEAR EVERMAN... 

MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.



THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN TARRANT COUNTY 

AND INTO NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY. HOWEVER...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 

WATER FLOWING OVER ROADWAYS AND OTHER MINOR FLOODING REPORTS HAVE 

BEEN RECEIVED FROM AREAS IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF FORT WORTH. 



1.82 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT FORT WORTH ALLIANCE AIRPORT BETWEEN 4 PM 

AND 5 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3255 9751 3255 9707 3279 9707 3282 9738



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