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WGUS74 KFWD 291056
FFSFWD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
556 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

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DALLAS TX-COLLIN TX-
556 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DALLAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLLIN COUNTIES...

AT 549 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAIN WAS ENDING
ACROSS DALLAS COUNTY.  IN THE GARLAND...EAST PLANO...ALLEN AND
MURPHY AREAS...OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT. FLOOD WATERS
ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE IN MOST AREAS...BUT THE FLOOD WAVE IS NOW
TRAVELING DOWN DUCK CREEK THROUGH GARLAND...ROWLETT CREEK NEAR
ROWLETT...AND SPRING CREEK NEAR ROWLETT. MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING
AND THIS IS LIKELY THE SECOND HIGHEST CREST THESE CREEKS HAVE
EXPERIENCE ON RECORD.

FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING WITH NUMEROUS ROADS NOW DANGEROUS AND
IMPASSIBLE. MULTIPLE HIGH WATER RESCUES HAVE OCCURRED. TRAVEL HAS
BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING AREA
NEAR A CREEK OR STREAM BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD
WATERS RISE TO YOUR LOCATION.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DALLAS...PLANO...GARLAND...MESQUITE...RICHARDSON...ALLEN...ROWLETT...
WYLIE...SACHSE...MURPHY...FAIRVIEW...LUCAS...SUNNYVALE...PARKER AND
ST. PAUL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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LAT...LON 3306 9651 3276 9652 3279 9671 3306 9671
      3315 9665

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