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WGUS74 KFWD 161614

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1114 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005



TXC503-161815-

YOUNG TX-

1114 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN

YOUNG COUNTY...



AT 1113 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAIN...WITH POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN...OVER 

NORTHERN YOUNG COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MPH.



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



AROUND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF OLNEY SINCE 

1015 AM. THIS RAIN...COMBINED WITH HEAVY RAIN WHICH FELL EARLIER 

TODAY...WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF RUNOFF AND FLOODING IN NORTHERN 

YOUNG COUNTY. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 114 NEAR AND EAST 

OF OLNEY...PROCEED WITH CAUTION AND STAY CLEAR OF AREAS WHERE WATER 

COVERS THE ROAD.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON 

FOOT. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3310 9894 3320 9842 3340 9840 3340 9894



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