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TXC121-439-191400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

701 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2004



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

UNTIL 900 AM CDT...



THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE MOVING SLOWLY OUT OF TARRANT AND DENTON 

COUNTIES...BUT MODERATE RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST 800 

AM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES ARE COMMON OVER 

THE TWO COUNTIES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS ESTIMATED NEAR FOUR INCHES. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH FORT WORTH HAS RECEIVED 

3.23 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 400 AM. REPORTS OF CARS FLOODED ON ROADS 

IN TARRANT COUNTY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC.  

CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY MID MORNING AS RAINS DIMINISH AND FLOOD 

WATERS RECEDE.



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.



LAT...LON 3257 9753 3258 9705 3300 9704 3302 9686

      3341 9684 3341 9735 3299 9737 3298 9752



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