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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

908 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007



TXC119-231-277-101615-

LAMAR TX-DELTA TX-HUNT TX-

908 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN HUNT...DELTA AND LAMAR COUNTIES...



AT 907 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING 

AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDED FROM WEST OF GREENVILLE...TO 

COOPER...TO PATTONVILLE AND DEPORT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.



PEOPLE ALONG CADDO CREEK WEST OF GREENVILLE...PECAN CREEK...BIG 

SANDY CREEK...AS WELL AS PEOPLE IN COMMERCE...COOPER...AND SOUTHERN 

LAMAR COUNTY ARE MOST AT RISK FROM FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF 

FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS...INTERSECTIONS...AND LOW 

LYING AREAS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3307 9626 3307 9586 3326 9585 3340 9537

      3382 9534 3378 9582 3341 9588 3334 9628



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