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WGUS74 KFWD 270018

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

716 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



TXC367-270200-

PARKER TX-

716 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007



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

PARKER COUNTY...



AT 711 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED VERY

HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A SLOW MOVING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD JUST NORTH AND SOUTH OF FM 

920 AND FM 1885. ALSO...SEVERAL ROADS IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE 

COUNTY WERE UNDER WATER.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WEATHERFORD...SPRINGTOWN...RENO AND BRIAR



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.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3301 9792 3256 9799 3255 9753 3301 9754



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