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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

944 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007



TXC085-121-301700-

DENTON TX-COLLIN TX-

944 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR COLLIN

AND DENTON COUNTIES...



AT 943 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM LAVON...TO 

PLANO...TO WEST OF WESTLAKE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 35 MPH.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3304 9733 3301 9633 3338 9641 3340 9733



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