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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

705 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FALLS...LIMESTONE...AND MCLENNAN COUNTIES

EXPIRED AT 700 AM CDT...



...FLOOD WATCH FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL NOON

TODAY...



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR

COLLIN...DALLAS...AND ELLIS COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM CDT...



THE AREA ALONG...AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35...WILL SEE SCATTERED

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST OF THE MORNING.  RAINFALL

AMOUNTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR...

ALTHOUGH ISOLATED THREE QUARTER INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL

GENERATE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN

AREAS...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL

AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AND RAINS ARE

EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF. IN THE MEANTIME...THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL

RAINS OVER SATURATED GROUNDS HAS PROMPTED THE FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT

UNTIL NOON.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 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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