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WGUS74 KFWD 301349

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

847 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007



TXC147-231-301515-

FANNIN TX-HUNT TX-

847 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR HUNT

AND FANNIN COUNTIES...



...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE...



AT 844 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

RAINFALL OF OVER 3 INCHES PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM 

GREENVILLE TO QUINLAN...AND NEAR AND EAST OF BONHAM.



SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING OF SEVERAL STREETS IN BONHAM AT 841 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 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.



LAT...LON 3287 9620 3289 9601 3300 9599 3301 9588

      3383 9585 3374 9632



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