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000 

WGUS74 KFWD 101440

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

939 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007



TXC113-101600-

DALLAS TX-

939 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007



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

NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY...



AT 939 AM CDT...A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY 

RAIN WAS CENTERED JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS...MOVING EAST AT 10 

MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE DEVELOPED NEAR FARMERS 

BRANCH...NEAR COPPELL AND NEAR IRVING...ALSO MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

GARLAND...MESQUITE...SACHSE...SUNNYVALE AND ROWLETT. SIGNIFICANT 

STREET FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND 

SURROUNDING SUBURBS. 



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. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3296 9703 3271 9703 3272 9652 3299 9652

      3299 9684



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000 

WGUS74 KFWD 101440

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

939 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007



TXC113-101600-

DALLAS TX-

939 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2007



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

NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY...



AT 939 AM CDT...A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY 

RAIN WAS CENTERED JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS...MOVING EAST AT 10 

MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE DEVELOPED NEAR FARMERS 

BRANCH...NEAR COPPELL AND NEAR IRVING...ALSO MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

GARLAND...MESQUITE...SACHSE...SUNNYVALE AND ROWLETT. SIGNIFICANT 

STREET FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND 

SURROUNDING SUBURBS. 



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. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3296 9703 3271 9703 3272 9652 3299 9652

      3299 9684



$$

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