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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

531 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2007



TXC333-311145-

MILLS TX-

531 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2007



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

SOUTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY...



AT 528 AM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED

OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.



RAIN AMOUNTS UP TO THREE INCHES HAVE FALLEN ALONG HIGHWAY ONE EIGHTY 

THREE BETWEEN GOLDTHWAITE AND THE LAMPASAS COUNTY LINE.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT

WORTH.



LAT...LON 3139 9866 3126 9854 3143 9825 3159 9838



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