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WGUS74 KFWD 101417

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

915 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007



TXC113-101600-

DALLAS TX-

915 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007



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

NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY...



AT 915 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

MUCH OF THE CITY OF DALLAS AND SURROUNDING SUBURBS. THE HEAVIEST 

RAINS AT 915 AM WERE NEAR DOWNTOWN DALLAS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. 



OTHER AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR GARLAND AND ALSO 3 

MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS. THIS ACTIVITY WAS ALSO MOVING EAST AT 

10 MPH. 



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS IN THE DOWNTOWN DALLAS AREA WILL LIKELY CAUSE 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. WHEN 

ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

RICHARDSON...BALCH SPRINGS...GARLAND...MESQUITE...SACHSE...SUNNYVALE 

AND ROWLETT.



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.



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. 



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3295 9703 3271 9703 3272 9652 3299 9652

      3299 9684



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