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TXZ118-200015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

530 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



...LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OCCURRING IN TARRANT COUNTY...



FORT WORTH FIRE AND DISPATCH REPORTS THAT NUMEROUS HIGH WATER 

RESCUES ARE ONGOING IN FORT WORTH.  UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY 

SITUATION...TRAVEL IN THIS AREA IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.



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.



LAT...LON 3327 9696 3262 9709 3260 9752 3316 9734

          3331 9709

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