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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

745 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007



TXC331-020200-

MILAM TX-

745 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR MILAM

COUNTY...



AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL 

MILAM COUNTY TO SOUTH OF ROCKDALE. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 

3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER COVERING 

LOW LYING ROADWAYS EARLIER THIS EVENING...AND THIS ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THE SITUATION. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3071 9725 3076 9731 3089 9726 3111 9684

      3107 9682 3104 9678 3094 9677 3090 9670

      3085 9670 3076 9662 3072 9665 3048 9715



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