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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

800 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



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

UNTIL 9 PM...GRAYSON AND COLLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM...AND FOR 

PARKER HOOD SOMERVELL...JOHNSON FANNIN AND DALLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 

1045 PM. 



A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD EVENT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL 

TEXAS TONIGHT AS CREEKS AND STREAMS OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS...AND 

NUMEROUS ROADWAYS BECOME FLOODED WITH HIGH WATER. SEVERAL HIGH WATER 

RESCUES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE FORT WORTH AREA...WHERE THE WATER DEPTH 

REACHED THE WINDOWS OF CARS. IN ADDITION...NUMEROUS SECONDARY 

ROADWAYS ARE BEING BARRICADED TO WARN MOTORISTS OF THE IMPENDING 

DANGER. 



LATEST RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST AN EROSION OF THE HEAVY RAIN AREA...WEST 

OF A GRAHAM TO STEPHENVILLE LINE. HOWEVER...WATER RUNOFF WILL LIKELY 

CONTINUE WELL AFTER THE RAINFALL ENDS DURING THE MORNING HOURS.  



REMEMBER...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 3385 9583 3303 9606 3236 9671 3216 9784

          3294 9800 3382 9680

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