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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1028 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



TXC503-021615-

YOUNG TX-

1028 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR

YOUNG COUNTY...



AT 1025 AM CDT...THE YOUNG COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED WATER 

OVER THE ROADWAYS IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST YOUNG COUNTY NEAR MURRAY. 

DRIVERS ALONG FM209 AND FM578 SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 380 AND WEST OF 

GRAHAM ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION AND AVOID FLOODED ROADWAYS. 



THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE SHIFTED SOUTH INTO STEPHENS COUNTY...WITH 

ONLY SOME LIGHT RAINS EXPECTED THROUGH NOON IN YOUNG COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

PROBLEMS THROUGH 1115 AM CDT IN SOUTHWEST YOUNG COUNTY. 



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 3296 9893 3297 9843 3323 9856 3336 9895



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