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WGUS74 KFWD 262220

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

519 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



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STEPHENS TX-

519 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



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

STEPHENS COUNTY...



AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

LIGHT RAIN OVER EASTERN STEPHENS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER 

HEAVY 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 3254 9909 3294 9910 3292 9890 3294 9858

      3251 9858 3253 9861 3252 9910



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