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WGUS74 KFWD 051551

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1048 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



TXC331-051715-

MILAM TX-

1048 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



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

MILAM COUNTY...



AT 1048 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

MODERATE RAIN OVER NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. 

PATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO NOTED. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY TO THE 

NORTH.



WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN ROCKDALE...WITH STRANDED 

MOTORISTS. FARM ROAD SIXTEEN HUNDRED SOUTHWEST OF CAMERON WAS 

FLOODED AND CLOSED. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN WAS DECREASING... 

CONTINUED RUNOFF AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDDAY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THE FLOODING 

OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... 

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

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT 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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