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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

350 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR TARRANT COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM AND 

FOR DALLAS COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM...



AS OF 350 PM...MANY ROADS WERE UNDER WATER IN MANSFIELD...CEDAR 

HILL...DUNCANVILLE...AND SOUTHERN ARLINGTON.



RAINFALL INTENSITIES WERE DECREASING ACROSS SOUTHERN TARRANT AND 

DALLAS COUNTIES AT 350 PM.  HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 3 

HOUR RAINFALL ESTIMATE OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FROM BURLESON...TO 

MANSFIELD...TO DUNCANVILLE.  RUNOFF FROM THESE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL 

CONTINUE TO POSE PROBLEMS TO URBAN DRAINAGES AND LOW-LYING 

AREAS...ESPECIALLY WALNUT CREEK AND RUSH CREEK.



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. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3277 9673 3256 9680 3256 9728 3277 9724

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