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WGUS74 KFWD 112337

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

637 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2007



TXC113-120215-

DALLAS TX-

637 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2007



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

NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY...



AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF GARLAND AND SACHSE. 



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

ROWLETT...RICHARDSON AND GARLAND



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3299 9679 3284 9673 3281 9653 3298 9651



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