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WGUS74 KFWD 101305

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

804 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007



TXC121-101530-

DENTON TX-

804 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR

DENTON COUNTY...



AT 803 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR DENTON...TO 

LEWISVILLE...TO WEST OF FLOWER MOUND. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE 

POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF DENTON COUNTY. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE 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. 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 3302 9736 3301 9687 3340 9686 3340 9737



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