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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1120 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



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KAUFMAN TX-

1120 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM CST FOR NORTHERN

KAUFMAN COUNTY...



AT 1109 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS 

NORTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE LOCATED ALONG A 

LINE EXTENDING FROM KAUFMAN TO 10 MILES NORTH OF WILLS 

POINT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN BETWEEN 10 PM AND 11 PM IN THE CRANDALL...TERRELL...AND 

LAWRENCE AREAS OF NORTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTY. THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO 

DIMINISH ACROSS THESE AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT AN ADDITIONAL INCH 

OR TWO OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 1130 PM AND 1230 AM IN 

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA OF NORTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTY. 



THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN NEAR KINGS CREEK AND BUFFALO CREEK. 

IF YOU LIVE NEAR IN THESE AREAS...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY 

RISING WATERS WHICH MAY CAUSE 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.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT

WORTH.



LAT...LON 3247 9650 3264 9607 3283 9608 3282 9652



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