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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

828 AM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007



TXC467-031530-

VAN ZANDT TX-

828 AM CDT TUE JUL 3 2007



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

NORTHERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY...



AT 826 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 

HEAVY RAIN SHOWER WEST OF CANTON...AND MODERATE RAIN NEAR LAKE 

TAWAKONI. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY NORTH.



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 3256 9607 3257 9569 3271 9564 3284 9607



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