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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

710 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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TARRANT TX-DALLAS TX-

710 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR

DALLAS AND EASTERN TARRANT COUNTIES...



* AT 710 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 PLUS INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 

800 PM CDT. NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN 

DALLAS COUNTY. HOMES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED AND FLOODING CONTINUES.



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 3299 9728 3299 9651 3256 9653 3256 9730

TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 188DEG 44KT 5748 9078



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