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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1056 AM CST TUE MAR 28 2006



TXC289-281900-

LEON TX-

1056 AM CST TUE MAR 28 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR LEON

COUNTY...



AT 1055 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT SHOWERS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF LEON 

COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS AT 1055 AM CST WERE LOCATED ACROSS 

SOUTHWEST LEON COUNTY WEST OF LEONA AND SOUTH OF MARQUEZ. MOVEMENT 

OF THE ACTIVITY WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.



THE SHOWERS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT CENTERVILLE... 

LEONA...AND FLYNN THROUGH NOON. ALSO...HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE 

SIGNIFICANT PONDING AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AROUND 

INTERSTATE 45 AND HIGHWAY 7.



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.



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 3137 9631 3124 9630 3098 9625 3109 9603

      3111 9578 3134 9566 3142 9570 3161 9577



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