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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1149 AM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



TXC503-141745-

YOUNG TX-

1149 AM CDT SUN AUG 14 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN

YOUNG COUNTY...



AT 1148 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN YOUNG COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WAS APPROACHING THE AREA FROM 

THE WEST. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



IF THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN PERSISTS...IT WILL DROP AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 

INCH OF RAIN ON NORTHWESTERN YOUNG COUNTY...NEAR AND WEST OF OLNEY 

AND PROFFITT. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR RUNOFF AND FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OLNEY AND

JEAN.



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. IT ONLY TAKES A COUPLE FEET OF SWIFTLY

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT

WORTH.



LAT...LON 3339 9895 3314 9893 3322 9849 3340 9844



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