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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

303 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR EASTERN NAVARRO...WESTERN HENDERSON...

AND SOUTHERN KAUFMAN COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED.



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

SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY...



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN

KAUFMAN...WESTERN HENDERSON...AND EASTERN NAVARRO COUNTIES.  NO

ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THESE AREAS.

HOWEVER...MOTORISTS SHOULD APPROACH LOW WATER CROSSINGS...KNOWN

FLOOD PRONE AREAS...WITH CAUTION.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS

POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY

RAIN APPEARS IMMINENT...MORE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE NEEDED.



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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