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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

241 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



TXC085-052100-

COLLIN TX-

241 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR

COLLIN COUNTY...



AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

HEAVY RAIN JUST WEST OF PLANO. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERED THE 

REMAINDER OF COLLIN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 15 MPH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL 

AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3300 9684 3298 9629 3331 9630 3323 9684



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