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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

646 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



TXC121-439-250145-

DENTON TX-TARRANT TX-

646 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN TARRANT AND DENTON COUNTIES...



AT 635 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT 

SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. 

THE SITUATION HAS ESCALATED AS MORE RAINFALL HAS FALLEN REPORTS OF 

NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER...ESPECIALLY IN DENTON COUNTY HAVE BEEN 

REPORTED AND EVACUATIONS OF CERTAIN LOCATIONS IN PILOT POINT HAVE 

BEGUN. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA IN THE NEXT FEW 

HOURS WILL AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE 

LEWISVILLE...RAY ROBERTS PARK...SHADY SHORES...SANGER...PILOT 

POINT...LITTLE ELM...LAKE DALLAS...KRUM...KRUGERVILLE...HACKBERRY... 

DENTON...CROSS ROADS...CORINTH AND AUBREY



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.



SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING 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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL

1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN TEXAS.



LAT...LON 3299 9752 3301 9739 3342 9738 3343 9728

      3342 9727 3342 9684 3299 9684 3300 9710

      3292 9724 3284 9753



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