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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

216 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



TXC221-425-192115-

HOOD TX-SOMERVELL TX-

216 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR SOMERVELL AND

SOUTHEASTERN HOOD COUNTIES...



AT 215 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 

AT 35 MPH.



ALTHOUGH THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE 

AREA...THE POTENTIAL FOR RUNOFF AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 

315 PM.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. 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. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT

WORTH.



LAT...LON 3211 9788 3222 9762 3242 9763 3229 9793



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