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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

404 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



TXC097-262330-

COOKE TX-

404 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR COOKE

COUNTY...



AT 404 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM EAST OF VALLEY VIEW...TO 

NEAR GAINESVILLE...TO NEAR ERA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.



RAINFALL OF 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

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 3383 9745 3381 9740 3390 9721 3386 9717

      3383 9721 3377 9721 3372 9711 3382 9704

      3385 9705 3383 9703 3393 9694 3345 9694

      3345 9747



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