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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

509 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



TXC085-121-270000-

DENTON TX-COLLIN TX-

509 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR

COLLIN AND DENTON COUNTIES...



AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR PILOT POINT...TO 

LAKE DALLAS...TO LEWISVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.



RAINFALL OF 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF 

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 3343 9738 3300 9737 3299 9640 3340 9639



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