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WGUS74 KFWD 261540

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1039 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



TXC293-261645-

LIMESTONE TX-

1039 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR

LIMESTONE COUNTY...



AT 1029 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING INTO THE FAR WESTERN 

PORTION OF THE COUNTY...AROUND ODDS AND BEN HUR...AND WILL SPREAD 

NORTHEAST TOWARD COOLIDGE THROUGH 1145 PM.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MEXIA AND

COOLIDGE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3125 9660 3143 9626 3180 9650 3181 9672

      3173 9693



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