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WGUS74 KFWD 181725

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1223 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



TXC223-379-181915-

HOPKINS TX-RAINS TX-

1223 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



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

AND SOUTHERN HOPKINS COUNTIES...



AT 1221 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR SULPHUR 

SPRINGS...TO JUST WEST OF EMORY...TO LAKE TAWAKONI. MOVEMENT WAS 

EAST AT 15 MPH.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN NORTHWESTERN RAINS 

AND SOUTHWESTERN HOPKINS COUNTIES SINCE 1130 AM. THIS HEAVY RAIN 

WILL LIKELY CAUSE RUNOFF AND FLOODING OF DITCHES...CREEKS... 

INTERSECTIONS...AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. IF WATER 

IS COVERING THE ROAD AHEAD OF YOU...MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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

      3318 9532 3313 9583



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