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WGUS74 KFWD 262057

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

355 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



TXC337-497-262230-

MONTAGUE TX-WISE TX-

355 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR WISE

AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES...



AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM EAST OF ALVORD...TO NEAR 

BOYD. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERED MUCH OF MONTAGUE COUNTY. 

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.



RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3382 9792 3344 9792 3302 9791 3300 9739

      3341 9737 3344 9747 3383 9749



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