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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

244 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TARRANT...PARKER...WISE...DENTON COUNTIES

   UNTIL 600 AM CDT...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 PM FOR NORTH TEXAS EAST OF A LINE

FROM BOWIE TO JACKSBORO TO WEATHERFORD TO KILLEEN...



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS DEVELOPING IN A NORTH SOUTH BAND FROM JUST

WEST OF KILLEEN TO WEATHERFORD TO SANGER.  THE AREA IS MOVING NORTH

NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS HAS CREATED A TRAINING OF

RAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREAS...HOOD...EASTERN PARKER...WESTERN TARRANT

...SOUTHEAST WISE...AND WESTERN DENTON COUNTIES.  RADAR ESTIMATES

OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THESE AREAS DURING THE PAST

THREE HOURS...WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN TO OCCUR.



SERVICE ROADS IN WILLOW PARK AND HUDSON OAKS IN EASTERN PARKER

COUNTY HAVE BEEN FLOODED.  THIS FLOODING WILL BECOME MORE

WIDESPREAD AS THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES.  CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE

RISING RAPIDLY IN THE WARNING AREAS...AND WATER PONDING WILL BE

WIDESPREAD ON ROADWAYS.  IF PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES...

MAJOR FLOODING IN THE WARNING AREAS COULD OCCUR.



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

ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

 IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY.  RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS

OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS

CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



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