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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1140 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007



TXC145-293-131930-

LIMESTONE TX-FALLS TX-

1140 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CST FOR FALLS

AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES...



AT 1139 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR GROESBECK TO NEAR AND WEST OF MEXIA...AND IN 

NORTHERN FALLS COUNTY NEAR PERRY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT PARKER

STATE PARK...MEXIA...GROESBECK...GOLINDA AND COOLIDGE



THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD SITUATION. LIMESTONE COUNTY SHERIFFS 

OFFICE HAS REPORTED FLOODING ON SEVERAL ROADS EAST OF GROESBECK.



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3128 9727 3153 9679 3172 9693 3181 9674

      3180 9650 3142 9624 3113 9680 3111 9682

      3113 9684 3102 9703 3101 9709



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