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WGUS74 KFWD 270300

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

956 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



TXC257-270400-

KAUFMAN TX-

956 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR

KAUFMAN COUNTY...



AT 956 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SOUTH OF QUINLAN...TO 

EAST OF KAUFMAN...TO EAST OF KEMP. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



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

THIS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF RUNOFF AND FLOODING OVER EASTERN 

PORTIONS OF KAUFMAN COUNTY.



CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE ALL 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 3237 9644 3242 9644 3247 9650 3251 9651

      3253 9650 3254 9652 3282 9651 3281 9630

      3285 9628 3284 9609 3236 9608



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