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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

416 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LAMAR...FANNIN...DELTA...

HUNT...HOPKINS...ROCKWALL...RAINS...VAN ZANDT...KAUFMAN AND HENDERSON

COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CST...



WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF FROM 

EARLIER RAIN...WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ALONG AND 

EAST OF A BONHAM...TO MEXIA LINE.  MANY RURAL ROADS...AND SOME MAJOR 

HIGHWAYS... HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH WATER OVER THE ROADS...OR CLOSED 

DUE TO HIGH WATER.  CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE 

OVERNIGHT... AND SOME WILL BE IN FLOOD.

 

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES. TAKE

THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH

RISING WATER.



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 3253 9651 3209 9605 3213 9551 3299 9564

          3301 9542 3380 9535 3371 9626 3299 9629

          3296 9650

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