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WGUS74 KFWD 101353

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

850 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007



TXC113-101600-

DALLAS TX-

850 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY...



AT 850 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LARGE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY 

HEAVY RAIN. THE HEAVIEST RAINS AT 850 AM WERE CENTERED NEAR HIGHLAND 

PARK...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.



SEVERAL CITY OF DALLAS RAIN GAUGES HAVE REPORTED OVER AN INCH OF 

RAIN IN 30 MINUTES. VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING INTO THE DOWNTOWN 

DALLAS AREA AT 850 AM AND COULD CAUSE MAJOR STREET FLOODING THROUGH 

11 AM.



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 9703 3271 9703 3273 9651 3299 9652



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