Flood Statement for the DFW area.

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FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADER INFORMATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
256 PM CST MON NOV 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST MONDAY
AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
COLLIN...TARRANT...DALLAS...ROCKWALL AND JOHNSON

AT 256 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM
MCKINNEY TO ARLINGTON TO CLEBURNE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.