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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

855 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2007



TXC147-231-140245-

FANNIN TX-HUNT TX-

855 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN HUNT AND SOUTH CENTRAL FANNIN COUNTIES...



AT 849 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED

OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEONARD AND 

AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF LEONARD. AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 69 

BETWEEN CELESTE AND LEONARD MAY HAVE RECEIVED THREE TO FOUR INCHES 

EARLIER THIS EVENING.



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 3335 9606 3345 9613 3339 9630 3329 9628



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