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WGUS74 KFWD 032016

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

315 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007



TXC467-032230-

VAN ZANDT TX-

315 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR VAN

ZANDT COUNTY...



AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE 

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANTON TO 8 

MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINEOLA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL COMBINED WITH PREVIOUS RAINFALL 

WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS 

WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3237 9607 3265 9607 3279 9585 3271 9560

      3247 9554



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