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WGUS74 KFWD 111339

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

839 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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KAUFMAN TX-

839 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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

KAUFMAN COUNTY...



AT 836 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEMP...MOVING   

SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED NEAR 

CRANDALL...AND ALSO COVERED A LARGE PART OF DALLAS COUNTY MOVING 

SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 



HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT KAUFMAN COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS...LEADING TO FLOODING PROBLEMS IN SOME AREAS.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. 

ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1045 AM CDT.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE

ROAD. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH

YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...MOST

FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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LAT...LON 3236 9644 3241 9644 3248 9650 3253 9650

      3255 9653 3256 9652 3282 9652 3282 9628

      3260 9608 3247 9607 3236 9608



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