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WGUS74 KFWD 181239

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

737 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



TXC097-181-181415-

GRAYSON TX-COOKE TX-

737 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 EVENT CONTINUES...



AT 735 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

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

SHERMAN...TO EAST OF VALLEY VIEW. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.



THIS REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING FLOOD 

SITUATION. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE UNDER WATER IN COOKE AND GRAYSON 

COUNTIES AND HIGH WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. INTERSTATE 35 

HAS BEEN CLOSED BETWEEN GAINESVILLE AND THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. AVOID 

TRAVEL IN THE WARNED AREA.



THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY 

DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED 

ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY 

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3380 9742 3344 9737 3341 9638 3374 9640



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