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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

629 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



TXC097-121-181-200200-

GRAYSON TX-COOKE TX-DENTON TX-

629 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



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

COOKE AND GRAYSON COUNTIES...



AT 625 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAIN. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING NEAR GAINESVILLE...WHITESBORO...

GUNTER...AND SANGER.



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.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS OF 

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE 

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD 

WATERS



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 3305 9737 3301 9684 3340 9683 3343 9640

      3379 9642 3382 9743



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