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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1240 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT...FOR EASTERN

NAVARRO...WESTERN HENDERSON...AND SOUTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT...FOR SOUTHERN

LIMESTONE COUNTY...



PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN

TODAY...PARTICULARLY FROM THE TRINITY RIVER BETWEEN NAVARRO AND

HENDERSON COUNTIES...INTO SOUTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTY. SIX INCHES OF

RAIN WAS MEASURED IN KAUFMAN COUNTY NEAR THE HENDERSON COUNTY LINE.



HIGH WATER HAS FLOODED ROADS AT THE NORTH END OF CEDAR CREEK

RESERVOIR. IN KAUFMAN COUNTY...STATE HIGHWAY 274 WAS FLOODED BETWEEN

FM 148 AND THE HENDERSON COUNTY LINE. IN HENDERSON COUNTY...TWO CARS

WERE SWEPT AWAY IN HIGH WATER NEAR SEVEN POINTS. IN LIMESTONE

COUNTY...FM 1246 WAS FLOODED WEST OF THORNTON.



MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE

OF THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH IS

POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...WHERE CONSIDERABLE

RAINFALL HAS ALREADY FALLEN. BE AWARE OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS

THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING.



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.



STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR

YOUR LOCAL CABLE PROVIDER...FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.

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