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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1223 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DENTON AND TARRANT COUNTIES CONTINUES

UNTIL 230 AM.



HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN TARRANT COUNTY...AND

SOUTHERN DENTON COUNTY SINCE 11 PM.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO THE

SOUTHWEST WILL TRACK OVER THIS SAME AREA BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM.  THE

POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN HIGH UNTIL THE STORMS

MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA.



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

OR PAST BARRICADES.  WATER PONDING ON HIGHWAYS CAN CAUSE

VEHICLES TO HYDRO PLANE...AND LOSS OF CONTROL.



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