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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

952 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



TXC331-051715-

MILAM TX-

952 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR

MILAM COUNTY...



AT 951 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF WESTERN MILAM COUNTY...FROM NEAR BUCKHOLTS 

TO WEST OF ROCKDALE. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY WEST.



THE ROCKDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING 

AND STRANDED MOTORISTS IN THE CITY. RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SOUTHWEST OF CAMERON SINCE 7 AM. AREAS 

ALONG BRUSHY CREEK...THE LITTLE AND SAN GABRIEL RIVERS...AND SMALLER 

CREEKS IN CAMERON AND ROCKDALE ARE 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 3062 9705 3073 9674 3103 9693 3079 9729



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