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WGUS74 KFWD 240742

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

241 AM CDT WED AUG 24 2005



TXC119-223-240945-

DELTA TX-HOPKINS TX-

241 AM CDT WED AUG 24 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR HOPKINS AND

WESTERN DELTA COUNTIES...



AT 240 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER THE 

ROAD ON INTERSTATE 30 IN SPOTS IN THE CUMBY AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS 

HAVE PRODUCED LOCALLY IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES IN SPOTS FROM SOUTHWEST 

DELTA COUNTY...INTO PRIMARILY THE WESTERN HALF OF HOPKINS COUNTY 

FROM SULPHUR SPRINGS WHERE STREET FLOODING IS OCCURRING...WEST TO 

THE HOPKINS AND HUNT COUNTY LINE. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COOPER LAKE 

PARK SOUTH SULPHUR...COOPER LAKE PARK DOCTORS CREEK...COOPER...CUMBY 

AND SULPHUR SPRINGS. 



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3308 9585 3298 9533 3322 9551 3343 9564

      3337 9586



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