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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

645 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



TXC113-270215-

DALLAS TX-

645 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR

DALLAS COUNTY...



...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE...



AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NORTH OF GARLAND...TO 

DOWNTOWN DALLAS...TO DUNCANVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 

15 MPH.



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

THIS RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND POTENTIALLY 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF DALLAS COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 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 3299 9705 3255 9703 3254 9650 3298 9652



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