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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1035 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2007



TXC073-141630-

CHEROKEE TX-

1035 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2007



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

CHEROKEE COUNTY...



AT 1030 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ABOUT

HALF A DOZEN ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. DOPPLER RADAR

INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED FOR NOW...BUT PATCHY LIGHT TO 

MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER CHEROKEE COUNTY THROUGH 

1130 AM.



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 3148 9509 3159 9517 3159 9526 3168 9528

      3176 9539 3194 9545 3204 9541 3213 9545

      3214 9499 3182 9501 3176 9495 3167 9497

      3153 9489 3143 9500



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