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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

854 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008



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TARRANT TX-

854 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR

TARRANT COUNTY...



* AT 854 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES EAST OF EULESS...MOVING EAST

  AT 31 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY

  FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1015 PM CDT.





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT

ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3300 9753 3298 9703 3257 9703 3256 9702

      3255 9703 3256 9755

TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 252DEG 27KT 3287 9691



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