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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

548 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



TXC439-030115-

TARRANT TX-

548 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TARRANT COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT HAS 

BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE COUNTY...



AT 547 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA AND 

MORE STORMS TO THE SOUTH.  THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS 

AREAS BETWEEN BENBROOK AND CROWLEY...AND UP ALONG INTERSTATE 35 OVER 

EVERMAN AND FOREST HILLS THROUGH 630 PM CDT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WATAUGA...

SOUTHLAKE...PELICAN BAY...PECAN ACRES...KELLER...HASLET...

GRAPEVINE...EAGLE MOUNTAIN AND COLLEYVILLE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3256 9754 3257 9703 3299 9704 3299 9754



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