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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

530 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



TXC121-439-242300-

DENTON TX-TARRANT TX-

530 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR

TARRANT AND DENTON COUNTIES...



AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS REPORTED A 

LARGE AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF DENTON 

COUNTY AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST TARRANT COUNTY. THE LARGE AREA OF 

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



AT 522 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED MAJOR FLOODING AT HENKEL AND 

GREENBRIAR IN THE CITY OF DENTON. 



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING ACROSS DENTON 

COUNTY...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DENTON COUNTY WILL LIKELY 

NEED TO BE EXTENDED. EXCESSIVE RAINS WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF DENTON 

AND PARTS OF INTERSTATE 35 THIS EVENING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING

FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.



LAT...LON 3255 9752 3256 9701 3299 9703 3301 9685

      3344 9682 3343 9736 3301 9738 3298 9754



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