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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

545 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



TXC097-121-181-200200-

GRAYSON TX-COOKE TX-DENTON TX-

545 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR DENTON...

COOKE AND WESTERN GRAYSON COUNTIES...



AT 540 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A FLOOD-PRONE 

AREA OR SEE WATER RISING IN YOUR AREA...TAKE QUICK ACTION TO GET TO 

SAFETY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3302 9738 3303 9695 3383 9658 3382 9747



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