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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

610 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DENTON AND TARRANT COUNTIES 

UNTIL 900 PM AND FOR PALO PINTO COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM. A FLASH FLOOD 

WATCH CONTINUES TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF OF NORTH TEXAS.  



HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES AND 

EVACUATIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING. SEVERAL HIGH 

WATER RESCUES WERE ATTEMPTED IN THE FORT WORTH AREA...WHILE 

BARRICADES WARNED MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN PALO PINTO AND DENTON 

COUNTIES.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SIX INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS OCCURRED NORTH OF PALO PINTO...WHILE ESTIMATES RANGED FROM 

4 TO 5 INCHES IN DENTON COUNTY. SPOTTERS IN THE CITY OF WEDGEWOOD IN 

TARRANT COUNTY...MEASURED FOUR AND ONE HALF INCHES SINCE DAYBREAK. 



RESIDENTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING CALL 

TO ACTION POINTS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH 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.



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 3342 9688 3262 9658 3229 9756 3295 9797

          3342 9785

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