

000 

WGUS74 KFWD 291032

FFSFTW

TXC113-139-251-439-291200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

530 AM CDT THU JUL 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DALLAS AND ELLIS COUNTIES

UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

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

UNTIL 715 AM CDT...



MAJOR FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN TARRANT 

COUNTY AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF DALLAS COUNTY...WHERE 8 TO NEARLY 13 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT. FLOODING ALSO CONTINUES

ACROSS PARTS OF JOHNSON AND ELLIS COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO

FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...RIVERS...STREAMS...

AND CREEKS ARE ALSO FLOODING. 



AT 530 AM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN...EXTENDED FROM DENISON...TO FORT WORTH...TO JUST EAST OF

BROWNWOOD...EASTWARD TO WACO AND CLARKSVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL

ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING. THERE HAVE BEEN HIGH WATER RESCUES IN 

PARTS OF SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE LANCASTER AREA...

AND MANY STREETS ARE FLOODED ACROSS AREAS FROM MANSFIELD TO HUTCHINS.

 

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. 

USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES. TAKE 

THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH 

RISING WATER.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. 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. TURN AROUND

DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3299 9653 3237 9652 3223 9755 3286 9747



$$



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000 

WGUS74 KFWD 291032

FFSFTW

TXC113-139-251-439-291200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

530 AM CDT THU JUL 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DALLAS AND ELLIS COUNTIES

UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

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

UNTIL 715 AM CDT...



MAJOR FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN TARRANT 

COUNTY AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF DALLAS COUNTY...WHERE 8 TO NEARLY 13 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT. FLOODING ALSO CONTINUES

ACROSS PARTS OF JOHNSON AND ELLIS COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO

FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...RIVERS...STREAMS...

AND CREEKS ARE ALSO FLOODING. 



AT 530 AM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN...EXTENDED FROM DENISON...TO FORT WORTH...TO JUST EAST OF

BROWNWOOD...EASTWARD TO WACO AND CLARKSVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL

ONLY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING. THERE HAVE BEEN HIGH WATER RESCUES IN 

PARTS OF SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE LANCASTER AREA...

AND MANY STREETS ARE FLOODED ACROSS AREAS FROM MANSFIELD TO HUTCHINS.

 

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. 

USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES. TAKE 

THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH 

RISING WATER.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. 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. TURN AROUND

DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3299 9653 3237 9652 3223 9755 3286 9747



$$



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