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WGUS74 KFWD 200048

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

646 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



TXC147-231-200315-

FANNIN TX-HUNT TX-

646 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CST FOR HUNT AND

FANNIN COUNTIES...



AT 645 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NORTH OF HONEY 

GROVE...TO WOLFE CITY...TO CADDO MILLS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 

40 MPH. 



STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN ECTOR SINCE 545 PM. 

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RUNOFF AND A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH 

FLOODING.



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.



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 3286 9626 3310 9588 3387 9588 3373 9635



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