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WGUS74 KFWD 262206

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

504 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



TXC439-270045-

TARRANT TX-

504 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR

TARRANT COUNTY...



...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE...



AT 504 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM GRAPEVINE...TO DOWNTOWN FORT 

WORTH...TO BENBROOK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.



TRAVEL WITH EXTREME CAUTION DURING THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR. RAINFALL 

IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF 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 3265 9755 3266 9753 3299 9753 3298 9704

      3257 9704 3256 9703 3256 9703 3256 9755



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