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WGUS74 KFWD 101335

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

835 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007



TXC121-101530-

DENTON TX-

835 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007



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

DENTON COUNTY...



AT 834 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR LITTLE 

ELM...TO NEAR ROANOKE. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERED THE REMAINDER 

OF THE COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH.



FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE DENTON AREA. UP TO 3 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE FLOWER MOUND AND LEWISVILLE AREAS SINCE 

730 AM...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IN 

SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



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 3302 9736 3301 9687 3340 9686 3340 9737



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