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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1022 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



TXC467-060430-

VAN ZANDT TX-

1022 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2007



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

ZANDT COUNTY...



AT 1022 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING WESTWARD TO COVER ALL OF VAN ZANDT COUNTY. RADAR 

CONTINUES TO INDICATE  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE 

COUNTY WITH MORE TO THE SOUTH.  RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES AN 

HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE TAWAKONI

STATE PARK...WILLS POINT...VAN...GRAND SALINE...FRUITVALE...EDGEWOOD

AND CANTON



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.



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 3237 9607 3236 9546 3247 9558 3272 9559

      3284 9608



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