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WGUS74 KFWD 291905

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TXC085-113-121-292045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

205 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DENTON...COLLIN AND DALLAS

COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...



NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY 

RAINFALL PERSIST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...THE AXIS OF 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL APPEARS TO BE LOCATED FROM LEWISVILLE...TO PLANO 

AND SEAGOVILLE. RAINFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL RESULT 

IN RAPID RUNOFF AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.



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 OUTDOORS...ESCAPE RISING WATER BY MOVING DIRECTLY TO

HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT CAMP OR PARK YOUR VEHICLE ALONG STREAMS AND

WASHES. PAY ATTENTION TO THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT AND TO

RAPID INCREASES IN STREAM LEVELS AND FLOW.



LAT...LON 3336 9643 3302 9635 3302 9655 3257 9658

          3259 9700 3304 9698 3304 9734 3341 9736

          3339 9689



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