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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

838 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008



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DENTON TX-COLLIN TX-TARRANT TX-

838 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR

TARRANT...NORTHWESTERN COLLIN AND SOUTHERN DENTON COUNTIES...



AT 835 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES   

EAST OF PROSPER TO 5 MILES EAST OF EDGECLIFF...MOVING EAST AT 30   

MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. 

ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1030 PM CST.  NEW 

CONVECTION IS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST TARRANT COUNTY...SO BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IN THAT AREA.



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 3339 9652 3310 9680 3299 9698 3299 9703

      3291 9703 3284 9706 3255 9741 3256 9754

      3294 9754 3300 9746 3299 9739 3305 9739

      3340 9683



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