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WGUS74 KFWD 182015

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

312 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



TXC113-439-182200-

/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080318T2200Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

TARRANT TX-DALLAS TX-

312 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR

DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTIES...



* AT 312 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE METROPLEX...MOVING NORTH AT 

  50 MPH. WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHERN DALLAS   

  COUNTY WHERE WATER HAS REACHED NUMEROUS HOMES. MANY ROADS HAVE     

  ALSO BEEN CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT  

  3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND ANOTHER 1 TO          

  2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 500 PM CDT.



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.



LAT...LON 3266 9755 3266 9754 3300 9753 3299 9652

      3270 9651 3255 9652 3255 9728 3256 9755

TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 189DEG 46KT 3366 9675



$$



85/NH

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000 

WGUS74 KFWD 182015

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

312 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



TXC113-439-182200-

/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080318T2200Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

TARRANT TX-DALLAS TX-

312 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR

DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTIES...



* AT 312 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE METROPLEX...MOVING NORTH AT 

  50 MPH. WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHERN DALLAS   

  COUNTY WHERE WATER HAS REACHED NUMEROUS HOMES. MANY ROADS HAVE     

  ALSO BEEN CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT  

  3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND ANOTHER 1 TO          

  2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 500 PM CDT.



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.



LAT...LON 3266 9755 3266 9754 3300 9753 3299 9652

      3270 9651 3255 9652 3255 9728 3256 9755

TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 189DEG 46KT 3366 9675



$$



85/NH

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