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TXZ118-119-190200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

829 PM CDT TUE SEP 18 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR TARRANT 

AND DALLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...



RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL 

HAVE EXITED TARRANT AND DALLAS COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR 

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY 

PERSIST IN LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH 9 PM. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT 

SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. USE CAUTION 

IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES. TAKE THE 

SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH 

RISING WATER.





LAT...LON 3295 9753 3258 9731 3257 9659 3295 9669

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