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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

322 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



TXC181-181030-

GRAYSON TX-

322 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR

GRAYSON COUNTY...



AT 317 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 

REPORTED OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDTIONAL STORMS OVER DENTON COUNTY 

ARE MOVING INTO GRAYSON COUNTY AS WELL. OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN IN SOUTHERN GRAYSON COUNTY AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 

THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. 



HIGH WATER RESCUES...CARS WASHED OFF ROADS...PEOPLE STRANDED ON 

ROOFS...THESE HAVE ALL BEEN REPORTED IN TARRANT AND DENTON COUNTIES 

FROM THESE STORMS. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION...DO NOT 

DRIVE INTO WATER OVER THE ROADS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EISENHOWER

STATE PARK...HENDRIX...WHITESBORO...SHERMAN...POTTSBORO...

KNOLLWOOD...DENISON...COLLINSVILLE AND BELLS



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3344 9693 3339 9684 3341 9638 3374 9637

      3388 9661 3384 9676 3395 9690



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