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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

410 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM FOR PARKER COUNTY...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM FOR COLLIN...DALLAS...

AND JOHNSON COUNTIES...



FLOODING CONTINUES OVER THE FOUR COUNTIES...WITH NUMEROUS ROADS

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATERS.  IN ADDITION...IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF

DALLAS...WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS EXIST ALONG INTERSTATES 35...

AND 635...WITH SEVERAL AREAS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STRANDED IN

THEIR VEHICLES.  IN PARKER...JOHNSON...AND COLLIN COUNTIES...NUMEROUS

COUNTY...AND FARM TO MARKET ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH

WATERS.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK...WHEN

CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE. UNTIL THEN...FLASH

FLOODING WILL BE A PROBLEM IN THE AREA.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED

QUICKLY.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY.  RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS

OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS

CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD THREAT.

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