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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

550 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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DALLAS TX-

550 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR

DALLAS COUNTY...



AT 545 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CENTERED 4 MILES NORTHWEST 

OF HUTCHINS... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF DALLAS COUNTY 

NEAR CARROLLTON AND DFW AIRPORT.



CITY OF DALLAS RAIN GAUGES INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE CITY OF DALLAS SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

THE HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY OF DALLAS WILL 

GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTHEAST...BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS NEAR 

CARROLLTON AND DFW AIRPORT WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS 

AFTER 600 AM. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BETWEEN 545 AM AND 645 

AM CDT WILL CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS DALLAS COUNTY AND THE 

CITY OF DALLAS. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE

ROAD. 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.



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LAT...LON 3299 9652 3255 9652 3256 9702 3257 9703

      3299 9703



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