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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

344 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



TXC121-439-081030-

DENTON TX-TARRANT TX-

344 AM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



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

NORTHEASTERN TARRANT AND SOUTHERN DENTON COUNTIES...



AT 339 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEASTERN 

TARRANT COUNTY AND SOUTHERN DENTON COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WERE 

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CROSS ROADS TO SHADY SHORES TO 

FLOWER MOUND TO GRAPEVINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  RADAR AND 

SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE 

WARNED AREA.  THE RAIN IS COMING TO AN END IN NORTHERN TARRANT 

COUNTY...BUT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN 

SOUTHEAST DENTON COUNTY THROUGH 5 AM.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HICKORY

CREEK...LAKE DALLAS...LEWISVILLE...LAKE LEWISVILLE...HEBRON...LITTLE

ELM...HACKBERRY AND THE COLONY



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. 



LAT...LON 3282 9702 3280 9721 3284 9729 3300 9731

      3320 9728 3326 9702 3319 9685 3301 9684

      3299 9702



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