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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

756 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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DALLAS TX-

756 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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

DALLAS COUNTY...



AT 752 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHLAND PARK...  

MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A SECOND AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS 

DEVELOPING AROUND LANCASTER...HUTCHINS...AND BALCH SPRINGS. THE 

SECOND AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS 

PARTS OF DALLAS COUNTY FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THIS MORNING. 

ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS OF 

DALLAS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF DALLAS...BETWEEN 8 AM AND 10 

AM. 



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DALLAS COUNTY WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED 

INTO THE LATE MORNING HOURS. 



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE RICHARDSON...DALLAS...DESOTO...GARLAND...SACHSE...

LANCASTER...HUTCHINS...ROWLETT...WILMER...SUNNYVALE...SEAGOVILLE...

MESQUITE AND BALCH SPRINGS.



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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