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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

230 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



TXC113-262200-

DALLAS TX-

230 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR

DALLAS COUNTY...



...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS 

COUNTY...



AT 230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NORTHWEST 

DALLAS...TO LANCASTER...TO SOUTH OF MESQUITE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH 

AT 20 MPH..



RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS. RUNOFF 

FROM THESE STORMS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREETS...DITCHES... 

CREEKS...AND LOW LYING AREAS. SUBSTANTIAL FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE 

OVER SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF DALLAS COUNTY.



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 3255 9702 3255 9653 3295 9652 3290 9691



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