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TXZ103-118-119-133-080230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

900 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



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

UNTIL 930 PM...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES JOHNSON COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM CDT...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES DALLAS COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...



AT 855 PM...THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED EAST OF DENTON...TARRANT 

...AND JOHNSON COUNTIES AND WAS IN MOVING OUT OF EAST DALLAS COUNTY. 

ALL LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN JOHNSON COUNTY WERE CLOSED AND SOME ROADS 

IN EASTERN DENTON COUNTY WERE FLOODED. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN WAS 

DECREASING IN INTENSITY THE DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING REMAINS AS THE 

WATER CONTINUE TO RUNOFF. 



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 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 3296 9656 3257 9654 3259 9716 3231 9715

          3220 9754 3258 9752 3296 9753 3297 9736

          3340 9736 3340 9685 3298 9688

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