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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1137 AM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006



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LIMESTONE TX-

1137 AM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN

LIMESTONE COUNTY...



AT 1135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS CLUSTER OF 

STORMS WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF GROESBECK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 

20 MPH.



THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE AREA THAT RECEIVED 3 TO 

4 INCHES OF RAINFALL. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS 

WILL STILL CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS AROUND DELIA...MUSTANG...AND 

PRAIRIE HILL. 



DRIVERS ALONG HIGHWAY 84 WEST OF MEXIA IN LIMESTONE 

COUNTY ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WATER 

COVERING THE ROADWAY. 



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 3172 9692 3148 9679 3160 9656 3169 9660

      3180 9667 3181 9674



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