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WGUS74 KFWD 132218

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

417 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007



TXC213-467-132300-

VAN ZANDT TX-HENDERSON TX-

417 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007



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

HENDERSON AND VAN ZANDT COUNTIES...



AT 416 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

CONTINUING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN WAS BETWEEN CANTON AND GRAND SALINE...AND SOUTH OF 

ATHENS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.



RAINFALL RATES OF NEARLY 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS 

AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

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

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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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