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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

158 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HUNT...KAUFMAN...ELLIS AND

NAVARRO COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CST...



NORTHWARD MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE A BAND OF ONE TO TWO 

INCH RAIN AMOUNTS ALONG A MEXIA...CORSICANA...KAUFMAN...TERRELL... 

GREENVILLE LINE THROUGH 245 PM.  THE RAIN SHOULD MOVE EAST TO ALONG 

A FAIRFIELD...TO EMORY LINE AFTER 3 PM.



LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL CONTINUE TO REPORT FLOODING OF MANY RURAL 

ROADS...AND ON SOME MAJOR HIGHWAYS.  THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL POND ON 

HIGHWAYS...INCREASING THE POSSIBLE OF YOUR VEHICLE HYDROPLANING...SO 

SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION.  HEAVY RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THE 

REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND KEEP THE POTENTIAL OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

HIGH THROUGH NIGHTFALL.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE 

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY... OR PAST POLICE 

BARRICADES. RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS 

OCCUPANTS... AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE 

WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3337 9588 3307 9588 3291 9600 3285 9609

          3239 9611 3237 9644 3204 9615 3183 9662

          3229 9705 3253 9707 3254 9647 3278 9650

          3281 9629 3333 9625

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