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WGUS74 KFWD 102322

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

621 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007



TXC097-181-110100-

GRAYSON TX-COOKE TX-

621 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007



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

NORTHEASTERN COOKE AND NORTHERN GRAYSON COUNTIES...



AT 621 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED

OVER THE WARNED AREA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EISENHOWER 

STATE PARK...HENDRIX...POTTSBORO AND DENISON.



RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 AND 1/2 INCHES WILL CAUSE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 

AND RESULT IN 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 3366 9705 3350 9639 3381 9638 3386 9701



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