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WGUS74 KFWD 101735

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1233 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2007



TXC113-101845-

DALLAS TX-

1233 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY...



...HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...BUT FLOODING CONTINUES IN DALLAS...



AT 1233 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS 

NORTHER DALLAS COUNTY. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 130 PM WILL ONLY 

AVERAGE AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH. HOWEVER...FLOODING CONTINUES AT 

NUMEROUS INTERSECTIONS AND LOW-LYING AREAS ACROSS THE NORTHERN SIDE 

OF THE CITY OF DALLAS AND SURROUNDING SUBURBS.



RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 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.



LAT...LON 3270 9703 3277 9652 3299 9651 3299 9703



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