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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

946 AM CST TUE MAR 28 2006



TXC161-293-281800-

FREESTONE TX-LIMESTONE TX-

946 AM CST TUE MAR 28 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL NOON CST FOR LIMESTONE AND

FREESTONE COUNTIES...



AT 936 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS 

PARTS OF LIMESTONE AND FREESTONE COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINS AT 946 

AM CST WERE LOCATED ACROSS FREESTONE AND SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTIES 

NEAR FAIRFIELD...TEAGUE...AND RURAL AREAS SOUTH OF GROESBECK. THIS 

ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.



REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT 

WORTH BY CALLING 1-800-792-2257. OR GIVE YOUR REPORT TO YOUR LOCAL 

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. LESS THAN THREE FEET

OF OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3124 9660 3146 9675 3167 9653 3181 9630

      3199 9606 3193 9601 3188 9603 3187 9598

      3180 9598 3176 9589 3170 9587 3165 9579



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