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WGUS74 KFWD 281734

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1133 AM CST TUE MAR 28 2006



TXC289-281900-

LEON TX-

1133 AM CST TUE MAR 28 2006



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

COUNTY...



AT 1133 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

INDICATE SHOWERS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN COVERING MOST OF LEON 

COUNTY. AT 1133 AM CST...THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR 

NEAR LEONA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.



EARLIER THIS MORNING...THE LEON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 

WATER OVER FM 1848 AND OVER HWY 79 BETWEEN BUFFALO AND OAKWOOD AT 

KEECHIE CREEK. 



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.



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 3142 9624 3127 9631 3101 9617 3109 9603

      3111 9578 3125 9573 3134 9566 3155 9576

      3162 9579



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