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WGUS74 KFWD 191027

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

420 AM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PALO PINTO COUNTY UNTIL 730 AM

CST...



AT 425 AM...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED FOR NOW ACROSS PALO PINTO 

COUNTY. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TOWARD SUNRISE. RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 1/2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

JUST SOUTH OF GRAFORD...TO PALO PINTO...TO JUST NORTH OF STRAWN. 



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS TEMPORARILY ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 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.



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.



LAT...LON 3300 9810 3253 9806 3252 9855 3294 9854

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