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WGUS74 KFWD 102340

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

638 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007



TXC097-181-110100-

GRAYSON TX-COOKE TX-

638 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007



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

EASTERN COOKE AND GRAYSON COUNTIES...



AT 638 PM CDT...A LARGE COMPLEX OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE  

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.  THE STORMS EXTENDED 

FROM NEAR GAINESVILLE TO FAR SOUTHEAST GRAYSON COUNTY....AND MOVING 

SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL BEFORE 800 PM CDT.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

CALLISBURG...WHITESBORO...COLLINSVILLE...WHITEWRIGHT...VAN ALSTYNE...

TOM BEAN...SHERMAN...KNOLLWOOD...HOWE...GUNTER...DORCHESTER AND BELLS



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3356 9725 3344 9693 3340 9681 3340 9638

      3368 9637 3381 9718



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