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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

547 PM CDT THU SEP 18 2003



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

CDT...



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED THROUGHOUT DALLAS COUNTY AND IS CAUSING 

NUMEROUS TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ON THE HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY I-635 AND 

HIGHWAY 75.  FOR THE TIME BEING... THE RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING IN A LINE FROM DENTON 

TO LIPAN AND WILL MOVE OVER DALLAS COUNTY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH MID-EVENING.  



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY

OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...

ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.



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