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WGUS74 KFWD 262253

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

549 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



TXC085-121-270000-

DENTON TX-COLLIN TX-

549 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR

COLLIN AND DENTON COUNTIES...



AT 549 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF DENTON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING HAS 

BEEN REPORTED NEAR CELINA.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUES 

TO INDICATE A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CELINA 

TO HEBRON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

AN HOUR IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.  



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 3343 9738 3300 9737 3299 9640 3340 9639



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