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WGUS74 KFWD 301442

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

940 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007



TXC147-231-301515-

FANNIN TX-HUNT TX-

940 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2007



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

AND FANNIN COUNTIES...



AT 938 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD SHIFTED SOUTH OUT OF FANNIN COUNTY...BUT 

COVERED MUCH OF HUNT COUNTY FROM GREENVILLE...TO CELESTE...TO WOLFE 

CITY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BONHAM STATE

PARK...WOLFE CITY...LEONARD...HONEY GROVE...ECTOR...DODD CITY...

COMMERCE...CELESTE...BONHAM AND BAILEY



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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