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WGUS74 KFWD 181642

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1142 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



TXC223-379-181915-

HOPKINS TX-RAINS TX-

1142 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR RAINS

AND HOPKINS COUNTIES...



AT 1140 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NORTH OF 

BRASHEAR...TO TO NEAR POINT...TO WEST OF LAKE TAWAKONI. MOVEMENT WAS 

EAST AT 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SULPHUR 

SPRINGS...EMORY...CUMBY AND COMO



RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS MOVE ACROSS. 

RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF CREEKS... 

DITCHES...INTERSECTIONS...AND OTHER LOW AREAS.



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR FLOODED DITCHES AND CREEKS. THE 

BANKS MAY BECOME SLICK AND MUDDY...AND CHILDREN MAY FALL INTO THE 

WATER AND BE QUICKLY SWEPT AWAY.



LAT...LON 3285 9598 3277 9565 3296 9566 3298 9530

      3320 9531 3324 9582



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