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WGUS74 KFWD 082255

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

554 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007



TXC097-090100-

COOKE TX-

554 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR COOKE

COUNTY...



...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE IN AND WEST OF GAINESVILLE...



AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR MUENSTER. 

MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY WEST.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR LINDSAY 

SINCE 445 PM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 

FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS...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 3350 9747 3351 9697 3385 9700 3373 9715

      3387 9722 3382 9746



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