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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

604 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



TXC143-425-270045-

ERATH TX-SOMERVELL TX-

604 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR

SOMERVELL AND SOUTHERN ERATH COUNTIES...



...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING THREAT CONTINUES...



AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING FROM NEAR DUBLIN TO SOUTH OF STEPHENVILLE. 

LIGHT RAIN COVERED MUCH OF SOMERVELL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST 

AT 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DINOSAUR

VALLEY STATE PARK...STEPHENVILLE AND GLEN ROSE



AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS CONTINUE 

SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE THE RUNOFF AND FLOODING SITUATION IN 

SOMERVELL AND SOUTHERN ERATH COUNTIES. TRAVEL WITH EXTREME CAUTION 

IF YOU ARE OUT THIS EVENING.



CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...DITCHES...AND LOW LYING AREAS 

ARE AREAS MOST VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.



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 3196 9833 3199 9823 3193 9820 3211 9788

      3221 9760 3233 9762 3218 9848



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