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WGUS74 KFWD 051503

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1002 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2007



TXC213-051815-

HENDERSON TX-

1002 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR

HENDERSON COUNTY...



AT 1001 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR TRINIDAD...TO NEAR 

EUSTACE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MALAKOFF AT 925 AM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS 

THEY MOVE ACROSS. RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL INCREASE THE FLOOD 

THREAT THROUGH MIDDAY. WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY... INCLUDING 

MALAKOFF...TRINIDAD...AND EUSTACE...WILL EXPERIENCE THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN.



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 3203 9605 3208 9561 3235 9573 3233 9631



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