Flash Flood Warning until 12:00AM Tuesday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
* AT 907 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY. 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... DALLAS...GARLAND...IRVING...MESQUITE...CARROLLTON...RICHARDSON... ROWLETT...WYLIE...COPPELL...DUNCANVILLE...FARMERS BRANCH...BALCH SPRINGS...UNIVERSITY PARK...SACHSE...SEAGOVILLE...ADDISON... HIGHLAND PARK...HUTCHINS...COCKRELL HILL AND SUNNYVALE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: DALLAS
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.
Address/Location
Sachse Police Department
3815 Sachse Rd
Sachse, TX 75048
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 972-495-2271
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP SACHSEPD followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Warning