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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1045 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005



TXC337-140430-

MONTAGUE TX-

1045 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR MONTAGUE

COUNTY...



AT 1042 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 6 MILES 

SOUTH OF BOWIE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH 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 FLASH FLOODING.



THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL DIMINISH BY 1130 PM WHEN ALL OF 

THE HEAVY RAIN MOVES SOUTH OF THE COUNTY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY

DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED

ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES

AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3393 9769 3369 9797 3345 9798 3344 9749

      3382 9751



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