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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

926 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2007



TXC035-099-217-309-051545-

HILL TX-BOSQUE TX-MCLENNAN TX-CORYELL TX-

926 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN CORYELL...NORTHERN MCLENNAN...SOUTHERN BOSQUE AND 

SOUTHERN HILL COUNTIES...



AT 926 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NORTH OF MCGREGOR...TO WACO 

AND HILLSBORO. SCATTERED HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS EXTENDED WEST TO NEAR 

CLIFTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.



RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. RUNOFF 

FROM THE RAIN WILL PRODUCE RUNOFF AND FLOODING OF INTERSECTIONS... 

CREEKS...DITCHES...AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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 3143 9782 3158 9688 3172 9694 3182 9673

      3210 9695 3186 9781



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