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WGUS74 KFWD 111448

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

948 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



TXC257-111545-

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KAUFMAN TX-

948 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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

KAUFMAN COUNTY...



AT 946 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CENTERED NEAR FORNEY. 

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN SINCE LAST NIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL 

BE POSSIBLE THROUGH BETWEEN 10 AM CDT AND 11 AM CDT. 



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE TERRELL...COTTONWOOD...GRAYS PRAIRIE...KAUFMAN...KEMP AND

MABANK.



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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