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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

437 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PARKER COUNTY CANCELLED...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM FOR TARRANT COUNTY...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM FOR DALLAS COUNTY...



AT 435 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE

OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY TO SOUTHEAST

TARRANT COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. VEHICLES HAVE

BEEN FLOODED IN NORTHERN FORT WORTH WITH HIGH WATER REPORTED IN

OTHER PARTS OF TARRANT COUNTY. FLOODING IS LIKELY IN DALLAS

COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS.



ELSEWHERE...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF PARKER COUNTY...AND

ALTHOUGH PATCHY LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...THE

THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.





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