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TXC113-367-439-190110-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

754 PM CDT FRI OCT 18 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR TARRANT AND DALLAS COUNTIES WILL BE 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PARKER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED AS 

OF 800 PM CDT...



THOUGH MINOR FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING ACROSS PARKER...TARRANT AND 

DALLAS COUNTIES...THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT RESULTED IN ROAD CLOSURES 

AND FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...HAS NOW PUSHED NORTH AND 

NORTHEAST FROM DENTON AND MCKINNEY...TO BETWEEN SHERMAN...BONHAM... 

PARIS AND INTO SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS A VIGOROUS UPPER 

LEVEL SYSTEM OVER FAR WEST TEXAS...MOVES EAST OVER THE AREA. 

HOWEVER...THE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD BE 

DIMINISHING RAPIDLY WITHIN THE NEXT 15 TO 30 MINUTES OVER THE WARNED 

AREA.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE 

FLOODED STREETS AND HIGHWAYS...AS WELL AS SWOLLEN STREAMS...CREEKS 

OR DRAINAGE DITCHES. TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER 

GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER OR BARRICADES. TAKE 

EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION THIS EVENING. 



LAT...LON 3298 9656 3257 9653 3259 9802 3299 9801

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