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WGUS74 KFWD 181853

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

149 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



TXC223-379-181915-

HOPKINS TX-RAINS TX-

149 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007



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

EASTERN RAINS AND SOUTHEASTERN HOPKINS COUNTIES...



AT 148 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED 

MODERATE RAIN OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HOPKINS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS 

EAST AT 20 MPH. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST AWAY FROM THE WARNING AREA... 

THE HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER TODAY WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED RUNOFF 

AND FLOODING. THE RAINS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT SOME 

COUNTY ROADS NEAR POINT REMAIN FLOODED.



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 3283 9584 3277 9565 3296 9566 3298 9530

      3309 9534 3303 9569



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