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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

520 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2007



TXC333-311145-

MILLS TX-

520 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY...



AT 515 AM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED

OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GOLDTHWAITE 

AND AREAS SOUTH ALONG HIGHWAY ONE EIGHTY THREE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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 3139 9866 3126 9854 3143 9825 3159 9838



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