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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

703 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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DALLAS TX-

703 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR

DALLAS COUNTY...



AT 700 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ADDISON...MOVING  

SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  A SECOND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 

WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS AND NEAR MESQUITE AND 

SUNNYVALE....MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



RADAR AND RAIN GAUE REPORTS INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF DALLAS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF DALLAS 

SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING.  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE 

POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF DALLAS COUNTY BETWEEN 7 AM AND 845 AM CDT.



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.



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

      3299 9703



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