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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1255 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TARRANT COUNTY IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DALLAS COUNTY IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL PART OF NORTH TEXAS

THROUGH 430 AM...



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ACCOMPANIED BY INTENSE RAINS AND SMALL HAIL...

CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PART OF NORTH TEXAS THIS

MORNING.  AT 1250 AM...TWO ROADS IN DALLAS COUNTY...ZANE AT PRATT...

AND POLK AT HIGHWAY 67...HAD BEEN BARRICADED DUE TO HIGH WATERS.

WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF FLOODING OF ROADS IN BOTH TARRANT AND DALLAS

COUNTIES WERE REPORTED AROUND AND SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.



FORTUNATELY...THE MOST INTENSE STORMS ARE MOVING OUT OF THE

METROPLEX...REDUCING THE RISK OF FURTHER FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER...

IT WILL BE ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO BEFORE WATERS RECEDE IN ALREADY

FLOODED AREAS.



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.



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

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISIONS SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER

STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD EVENT.



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