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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

214 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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DALLAS TX-ROCKWALL TX-

214 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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

ROCKWALL AND DALLAS COUNTIES...



AT 213 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN 

PORTION OF DALLAS COUNTY...2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEAGOVILLE...AND WAS 

MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE SEAGOVILLE...HEATH...ROCKWALL...FATE AND ROYSE CITY.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR IS

OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE

DITCHES SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS

OBSERVED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER BY FOOT OR BY

AUTO...YOU MAY BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE STRONG CURRENT. 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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT

WORTH.



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LAT...LON 3283 9645 3282 9652 3255 9653 3257 9700

      3297 9702 3298 9631 3283 9630



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