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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

938 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



TXC309-261500-

MCLENNAN TX-

938 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR

MCLENNAN COUNTY...



AT 937 AM CDT...THE RAIN ACROSS THE COUNTY WAS DIMINISHING....BUT 

CONTINUES OVER THE FAR EASTERN SECTION. THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL 

CONTINUE ACROSS THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN THIRD 

THROUGH LATE MORNING WHEN THE RAIN WILL END.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST...

WACO...NORTHCREST...LACY-LAKEVIEW AND BELLMEAD



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT

WORTH.



LAT...LON 3134 9743 3159 9760 3179 9720 3184 9707

      3186 9704 3153 9681 3128 9728 3126 9735



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