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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

648 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



TXC097-181-181415-

GRAYSON TX-COOKE TX-

648 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR COOKE

AND GRAYSON COUNTIES...



...POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLOOD SITUATION...



AT 644 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR BELLS...TO 

SHERMAN...TO GAINESVILLE AND VALLEY VIEW. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 

MPH.



THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION. RAINFALL OF UP TO 5 INCHES 

PER HOUR IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS COOKE AND GRAYSON COUNTIES. TRAVEL 

IS DISCOURAGED IN THIS AREA. HIGH WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED 

ACROSS THE AREA.



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 3380 9742 3344 9737 3341 9638 3374 9640



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