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WGUS74 KFWD 111733

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1233 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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DALLAS TX-ROCKWALL TX-

1233 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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

ROCKWALL AND DALLAS COUNTIES...



...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS PARTS OF DALLAS COUNTY 

INCLUDING THE CITY OF DALLAS...



AT 1229 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED AN 

AREA OF HEAVY RAIN CENTERED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINS...MOVING 

EAST AT 20 MPH.  THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF 

THE CITY OF DALLAS AS WELL AS HUTCHINS...WILMER...BALCH SPRINGS... 

AND SEAGOVILLE.



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

FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA 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...



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 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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