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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

508 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 ADVISORY FOR DALLAS COUNTY WILL BE

   ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 AM CDT...



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



FLOODING IS BECOMING PROBLEM IN WISE COUNTY.  SEVERAL ROADS HAVE

BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.





MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES FROM SOUTHWEST COOKE COUNTY

SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHERN DENTON...EASTERN WISE...HOOD...PARKER...

SOMERVELL...CORYELL AND WESTERN BOSQUE COUNTIES.  SOME OF THESE

AREAS HAVE HAD ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR.



MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN AND

SOUTHWESTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS IN MILLS AND LAMPASAS COUNTIES...

MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS NEW RAIN AREA WILL

SPREAD INTO REGIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAD HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS

MORNING.



FLOODING WILL BECOME A MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM AS MORE MODERATE TO

HEAVY RAIN FALLS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.  ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD

WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BEFORE THE MORNING RUSH HOUR

COMMUTE.



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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