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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

648



TXC289-293-121230-

LIMESTONE TX-LEON TX-

648 AM CDT MON MAR 12 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR LEON

AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES...



AT 643 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FROM LIMESTONE 

COUNTY REPORTED WATER OVER FM 937 AND ALONG PORTIONS OF FM 39 SOUTH 

OF MEXIA. ROADS ACROSS LEON COUNTY...PARTICULARLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 

45 ARE LIKELY EXPERIENCING SOME WATER PROBLEMS AS WELL. 



LOOK FOR THE HEAVY RAIN TO CONTINUE PUSHING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH 

ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 730 AM...WITH GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS 

OF 45 MPH POSSIBLE RIGHT AFTER THE RAIN ENDS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA...WHERE 

LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3122 9631 3136 9631 3125 9661 3167 9685

      3171 9647 3142 9624 3157 9588 3130 9572

      3115 9575 3111 9580 3111 9597 3099 9623



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000 

WGUS74 KFWD 121149

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

648



TXC289-293-121230-

LIMESTONE TX-LEON TX-

648 AM CDT MON MAR 12 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR LEON

AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES...



AT 643 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FROM LIMESTONE 

COUNTY REPORTED WATER OVER FM 937 AND ALONG PORTIONS OF FM 39 SOUTH 

OF MEXIA. ROADS ACROSS LEON COUNTY...PARTICULARLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 

45 ARE LIKELY EXPERIENCING SOME WATER PROBLEMS AS WELL. 



LOOK FOR THE HEAVY RAIN TO CONTINUE PUSHING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH 

ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 730 AM...WITH GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS 

OF 45 MPH POSSIBLE RIGHT AFTER THE RAIN ENDS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA...WHERE 

LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3122 9631 3136 9631 3125 9661 3167 9685

      3171 9647 3142 9624 3157 9588 3130 9572

      3115 9575 3111 9580 3111 9597 3099 9623



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