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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1136 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



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MILAM TX-

1136 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



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

MILAM COUNTY...



AT 1136 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN NEAR AND SOUTH OF ROCKDALE.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAD DIMINISHED...RUNOFF AND FLOODING FROM 

THE EARLIER RAIN WILL WILL CONTINUE. SECONDARY ROADS NEAR CREEKS AND 

STREAMS WILL BE 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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