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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

425 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DALLAS COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM 

CST...



MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS

DALLAS COUNTY THROUGH 7 AM. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 1 TO 2

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER MUCH OF DALLAS COUNTY. THERE HAVE

BEEN REPORTS OF FLOODED STREETS IN DALLAS...AND MESQUITE. ADDITIONAL

HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN MORE FLOODING. 

 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW YOUR

LOCATION IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS OR CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER.

DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING...EVEN ON FOOT. RAPIDLY

FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.



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

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. 



LAT...LON 3299 9655 3257 9653 3258 9703 3298 9702

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