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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

340 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004



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

   UNTIL 600 AM CDT...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HOOD COUNTY UNTIL 830 AM CDT...



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD AVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS

   COUNTY UNTIL 515 AM CDT...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 400 PM CDT...



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES IN A NORTH SOUTH BAND FROM JUST

WEST OF KILLEEN TO WEATHERFORD TO SANGER TO GAINESVILLE.  THE AREA IS

MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS HAS CREATED A

TRAINING OF RAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREAS...COOKE...WESTERN DENTON

...SOUTHEAST WISE...WESTERN TARRANT...AND HOOD COUNTIES.  RADAR

ESTIMATES OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THESE AREAS DURING

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



RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SOUTH AND

SOUTHWEST OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST.  THIS

RAIN AREA WILL BEGIN SPREADING INTO SOUTHWEST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS

BY 400 AM.



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

RISE 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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