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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

120 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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DENTON TX-COLLIN TX-

120 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR

COLLIN AND EASTERN DENTON COUNTIES...



* AT 120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER COLLIN AND EASTERN DENTON       

  COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED  

  AT SPRING CREEK AND HIGHWAY 75...AND LOS RIOS AT PARKER ROAD IN    

  PLANO. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY      

  FALLEN AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 230 PM   

  CDT IN THE WARNED AREA.





DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY

MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO

REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. IT

ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY

VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR

DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD

RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3301 9699 3340 9696 3340 9639 3337 9638

      3336 9638 3331 9634 3301 9631

TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 188DEG 46KT 3439 9648



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