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WGUS74 KFWD 030414

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1112 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006



TXC337-030745-

MONTAGUE TX-

1112 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR MONTAGUE

COUNTY...



AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THE 

STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SAINT JO...TO FORESTBURG...TO WEST OF 

BOWIE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION. AT 1109 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED 

FLASH FLOODING IN BOWIE. VEHICLES WERE STALLED IN HIGH WATER...AND A 

HIGH WATER RESCUE WAS TAKING PLACE. TRAVEL IN THE BOWIE AREA IS 

DISCOURAGED.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3370 9794 3350 9795 3350 9749 3389 9752



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