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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

949 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



TXC467-060430-

VAN ZANDT TX-

949 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR

EASTERN VAN ZANDT COUNTY...



AT 949 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RAIN RATES UP TO 1 INCH AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1100 PM CDT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAND SALINE

AND FRUITVALE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

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

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3236 9586 3236 9546 3247 9558 3272 9559

      3278 9588



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