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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... SOUTHEASTERN DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CST

* AT 655 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO EXCESSIVE WATER RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. LOW-LYING AREAS ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER. SOME LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY FLOOD AND BECOME IMPASSABLE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PLANO...IRVING...MCKINNEY...CARROLLTON...FRISCO...DENTON... RICHARDSON...LEWISVILLE...ALLEN...FLOWER MOUND...GRAPEVINE... COPPELL...THE COLONY...FARMERS BRANCH...SOUTHLAKE...CORINTH... HIGHLAND VILLAGE...ADDISON AND LAKE DALLAS.

* AFFECTED AREAS: COLLIN ... DALLAS ... DENTON ... TARRANT

Instructions:

TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.