Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Fort Worth, TX

521 
WGUS74 KFWD 200304
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1004 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

TXC085-113-200600-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120320T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DALLAS TX-COLLIN TX-
1004 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
COLLIN AND DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 1001 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL IN A 25 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING 
FROM PRINCETON TO GLENN HEIGHTS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. RADAR 
ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN 
THE WARNED AREA AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED 
THROUGH 100 AM CDT.

THE CITY OF DALLAS FLOODED ROADWAY WARNING SYSTEM INDICATES THAT 
EIGHT ROADWAYS ARE FLOODED ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN
INCLUDE GARLAND...SACHSE...LANCASTER...WYLIE...HUTCHINS...ROWLETT...
MESQUITE...BALCH SPRINGS...WILMER...FARMERSVILLE...SUNNYVALE AND
SEAGOVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT
DROWN. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST
VEHICLES...INCLUDING PICKUPS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. TAKE A
DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL WATER
RECEDES. CHILDREN SHOULD NEVER PLAY AROUND HIGH WATER...DRAINAGE
DITCHES...STORM DRAINS...OR FLOODED STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3340 9640 3333 9638 3335 9630 3299 9630
      3298 9652 3256 9652 3255 9703 3299 9703
      3299 9684 3340 9684

$$

273 
WGUS74 KFWD 200429
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1129 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

TXC085-113-200600-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120320T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DALLAS TX-COLLIN TX-
1129 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
COLLIN AND DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 1125 PM CDT...THE LINE OF STORMS THAT PRODUCED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 
RAIN ACROSS COLLIN AND DALLAS COUNTY HAS MOVED EAST AND OUT OF THE 
AREA. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...MODERATE RAINFALL WILL 
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF A HALF INCH PER HOUR. THUS THE 
THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT
DROWN. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST
VEHICLES...INCLUDING PICKUPS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. TAKE A
DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL WATER
RECEDES. CHILDREN SHOULD NEVER PLAY AROUND HIGH WATER...DRAINAGE
DITCHES...STORM DRAINS...OR FLOODED STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3340 9640 3333 9638 3335 9630 3299 9630
      3298 9652 3256 9652 3255 9703 3299 9703
      3299 9684 3340 9684

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