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WGUS74 KFWD 132040

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

238 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007



TXC213-467-132300-

VAN ZANDT TX-HENDERSON TX-

238 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR

HENDERSON AND VAN ZANDT COUNTIES...



AT 234 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY...AND 

ALL OF VAN ZANDT COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE TAWAKONI

STATE PARK...WILLS POINT...VAN...GRAND SALINE...FRUITVALE...EDGEWOOD

AND CANTON



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.



THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY 

DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED 

ROADS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY 

TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3208 9605 3217 9616 3222 9616 3235 9644

      3236 9606 3284 9607 3285 9594 3277 9588

      3277 9578 3269 9560 3249 9560 3234 9545

      3223 9549 3208 9544 3208 9544 3202 9605



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