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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1151 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



TXC145-395-051815-

FALLS TX-ROBERTSON TX-

1151 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR WEST

CENTRAL ROBERTSON AND FALLS COUNTIES...



AT 1150 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

HEAVY RAIN NEAR CHILTON. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERED MUCH OF 

EASTERN FALLS COUNTY...WITH LIGHT RAIN OVER WESTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN WAS DIMINISHING...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER 

RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLOODING THROUGH THE EARLY 

AFTERNOON. STREETS...INTERSECTIONS...DITCHES...AND AREAS NEAR CREEKS 

AND STREAMS 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 3098 9675 3106 9655 3151 9682 3133 9717

      3106 9700 3111 9686



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