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WGUS74 KFWD 301601

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1100 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DALLAS COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM

CDT...



RADAR AND RAINFALL REPORTS SHOW THAT BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE NORTH AND EAST PARTS OF DALLAS COUNTY THIS 

MORNING. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED WIDESPREAD PONDING OF WATER IN

URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS...PARTICULARLY IN NORTHEAST DALLAS 

COUNTY...WHERE TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL YESTERDAY EVENING.



AT 1100 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

HEAVY RAIN WAS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH. FLOODING WILL ALSO 

SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE MIDDAY HOURS. 



IN THE MEANTIME...HOWEVER...MOTORISTS SHOULD

AVOID FLOODED LOW WATER AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.

ALSO...DO NOT LET CHILDREN PLAY NEAR FLOODED AND FAST FLOWING 

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



THE RAIN SHOULD END BY EARLY AFTERNOON.



LAT...LON 3297 9652 3259 9653 3259 9698 3297 9698

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