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WGUS74 KFWD 281644

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TXC113-139-251-439-281815-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1145 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TARRANT...DALLAS...JOHNSON AND

ELLIS COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM CDT...



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR 

PERSONS LIVING AND TRAVELING IN THE DFW METROPLEX AREA...AS FLOOD 

CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON



SATELLITE AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT UP TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY THIS MORNING...WITH 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE SAME AREA.



THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROAD FLOODING IN LANCASTER... 

MANSFIELD...AND SURROUNDING AREAS. SEVERAL HIGH WATER RESCUES HAVE 

ALSO BEEN REPORTED FROM MANSFIELD AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF FORT 

WORTH.



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.



IF YOU ARE NEAR...OR LIVE...IN A FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE 

IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS 

AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING.



LAT...LON 3229 9654 3209 9690 3231 9708 3221 9751

          3298 9752 3298 9652



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