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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

632 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



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COMANCHE TX-

632 PM CDT THU JUN 11 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR

COMANCHE COUNTY...



AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 

SECOND ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY 

AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE DE LEON AND COMANCHE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. 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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 TWO FEET OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT

WORTH.



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LAT...LON 3208 9891 3226 9855 3195 9834 3197 9825

      3184 9817 3170 9844 3170 9846 3173 9849

      3171 9860 3171 9866



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