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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1139 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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DALLAS TX-ROCKWALL TX-

1139 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR

ROCKWALL AND DALLAS COUNTIES...



...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN DALLAS COUNTY INCLUDING 

THE CITY OF DALLAS...



AT 1135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF DALLAS COUNTY AND 

ROCKWALL COUNTY. NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADS AND SEVERAL HIGH WATER 

RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.



THE HEAVIEST RAINS AT 1135 AM WERE OCCURRING IN A BROAD AREA ACROSS 

DALLAS AND ROCKWALL COUNTIES. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM DUNCANVILLE TO 

DOWNTOWN DALLAS TO MESQUITE TO HEATH.  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS 

MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED ACROSS 

TARRANT COUNTY AND THIS WILL ALSO MOVE EAST INTO DALLAS COUNTY THIS 

AFTERNOON. 



RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 

WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 



WITH SO MANY FLOODED ROADWAYS AND A CONTINUED THREAT OF EXCESSIVE 

RAINS...TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.



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 3283 9645 3282 9652 3255 9653 3257 9700

      3297 9702 3298 9631 3283 9630



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