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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

813 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



TXC331-395-190200-

ROBERTSON TX-MILAM TX-

813 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR MILAM

AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES...



AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF ROBERTSON COUNTY...FROM NEAR 

CALVERT NORTH TO BREMOND. IN ADDITION...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS 

BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL OF MILAM COUNTY...AS STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS. 

ALTHOUGH RAIN HAS ENDED OVER OTHER PORTIONS OF ROBERTSON AND MILAM 

COUNTIES...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS WILL 

CONTINUE TO POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FRANKLIN... 

CALVERT...BREMOND...CAMERON...BUCKHOLTS...AND THORNDALE. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 

NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOST 

FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO 

CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE 

RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3134 9635 3099 9624 3088 9640 3076 9645

      3074 9662 3049 9716 3074 9727 3077 9731

      3090 9727



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