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WGUS74 KFWD 302321

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

619 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



TXC429-503-310030-

YOUNG TX-STEPHENS TX-

619 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007



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

STEPHENS AND YOUNG COUNTIES...



AT 616 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED CONTINUING 

PROBLEMS WITH FLASH FLOODING IN YOUNG COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS 

LARGELY STOPPED OVER THE WARNED AREA...FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS 

EVENING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING

FOR EASTERN TEXAS.



LAT...LON 3338 9890 3253 9908 3253 9861 3338 9846



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