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WGUS74 KFWD 280205

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

904 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007



TXC119-223-277-280330-

LAMAR TX-DELTA TX-HOPKINS TX-

904 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR

HOPKINS...DELTA AND LAMAR COUNTIES...



AT 904 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO 

THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. ONE STORM WAS 15 

MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARIS. THE SECOND STORM WAS 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

SULPHUR SPRINGS. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR...

  COOPER BY 905 PM CDT...

  PARIS BY 930 PM CDT...

  DEPORT BY 945 PM CDT...

  BLOSSOM BY 1000 PM CDT...

  SULPHUR SPRINGS BY 930 PM CDT...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 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 3299 9586 3312 9587 3379 9585 3385 9577

      3390 9574 3388 9570 3394 9560 3389 9552

      3392 9552 3386 9545 3388 9532 3389 9533

      3388 9530 3325 9532 3297 9531



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