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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1233 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007



TXC113-439-131945-

TARRANT TX-DALLAS TX-

1233 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST FOR

DALLAS AND SOUTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTIES...



AT 1231 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER DALLAS COUNTY...FROM NEAR DOWNTOWN 

DALLAS TO MESQUITE AND BALCH SPRINGS. SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUED 

OVER SOUTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL LAST NIGHT...WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS. HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER LOW 

LYING SPOTS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3258 9721 3298 9703 3298 9652 3256 9652



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