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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

758 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007



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TEXAS MO-

758 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN TEXAS COUNTY...



AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT A LOW WATER 

CROSSING ON HIGHWAY 137 JUST NORTH OF DIXON ROAD IS FLOODED. IN 

ADDITION...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES 

OF RAIN FELL ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF TEXAS COUNTY EARLIER THIS 

AFTERNOON. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL IS LIKELY FLOWING OVER OTHER 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THIS AREA.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME 

LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...HOUSTON... 

LICKING AND RAYMONDVILLE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3759 9178 3726 9173 3727 9226 3760 9225



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