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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

303 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC121-439-081030-

DENTON TX-TARRANT TX-

303 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN TARRANT AND DENTON COUNTIES...



AT 300 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN 

TARRANT COUNTY AND SOUTHERN DENTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 

ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DENTON TO BARTONVILLE TO KELLER 

TO NORTH RICHLAND HILLS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. RADAR AND WEATHER 

SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR WITH 

THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF NORTHERN TARRANT COUNTY AND SOUTHERN 

DENTON COUNTY.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 4 AM.  



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH 

WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



LAT...LON 3282 9702 3282 9727 3299 9747 3300 9739

      3342 9739 3342 9700 3312 9685 3299 9702



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