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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

143 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...



AT 135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN 

AREA OF MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING OVER MUCH OF NAVARRO AND HENDERSON 

COUNTIES. SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WERE OVER 

KAUFMAN COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN WAS NORTH AT 15 MPH.



ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS DECREASED...FLOODING IS STILL 

OCCURING IN THE WARNING AREA. AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED 

FLOODING IN SOUTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTY. HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED NEAR 

CEDAR CREEK RESERVOIR IN HENDERSON COUNTY...AND SECONDARY ROADS WERE 

REPORTED FLOODED SOUTH OF THORNTON...IN LIMESTONE COUNTY.



ANOTHER AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNING 

AREA BY 300 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH IS 

POSSIBLE. 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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