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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

139 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2005



TXC503-062030-

YOUNG TX-

139 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR YOUNG

COUNTY...



THE SHOWERS THAT BROUGHT VERY HEAVY RAINS TO PARTS OF YOUNG COUNTY 

THIS MORNING HAVE DIMINISHED AND SHIFTED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. 

HOWEVER...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS CONTINUE OVER MOST OF YOUNG COUNTY 

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADDITIONAL RAINS COULD RESULT IN SOME 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH 330 PM. 



AT 139 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED AN 

AREA OF SHOWERS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN NEAR GRAHAM...MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 



OLNEY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER THAT HAD 

BEEN COVERING SOME ROADWAYS WAS RECEDING AS OF 125 PM. 



SOME ROADS THAT ARE STILL SUBJECT TO FLOODING ACROSS THE NORTHERN 

AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY INCLUDE HIGHWAY 114...HIGHWAY 

16...AND FM 1768.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. LESS THAN THREE FEET

OF OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 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 3317 9895 3304 9873 3299 9842 3340 9841

      3340 9895



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