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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

905 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ERATH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 915 AM 

CDT...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT ERATH COUNTY BY 930 AM AND NO 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE 

MORNING. HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 2.5 INCHES 

OF RAIN FELL THIS MORNING ACROSS ERATH COUNTY...AND SOME STREAMS AND 

CREEKS ARE LIKELY ABOVE BANKFUL.  AREAS OF HIGH WATER WILL GRADUALLY 

RECEDE THROUGH 10 AM CDT.



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 3242 9802 3210 9794 3197 9821 3246 9842



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