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WGUS74 KFWD 131830

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1231 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007



TXC145-293-131930-

LIMESTONE TX-FALLS TX-

1231 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007



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

AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES...



AT 1229 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER NORTHERN LIMESTONE 

COUNTY...WEST OF GROESBECK AND MEXIA...AND NORTH AND WEST OF MARLIN. 

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.



A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD EVENT CONTINUES. LIMESTONE 

COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS REPORTED WATER OVER SEVERAL ROADS... 

ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. 



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN 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 FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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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