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TXC213-349-010900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

226 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HENDERSON AND NAVARRO COUNTIES

UNTIL 400 AM CDT...



VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS NAVARRO AND HENDERSON 

COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING. AT 225 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF HENDERSON COUNTY AND MOST 

OF SOUTHERN NAVARRO COUNTIES. THE CITIES OF ATHENS...MALAKOFF... 

KERENS...CORSICANA...AND EUREKA WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE HEAVY 

RAINFALL THROUGH 4 AM. 



PARTS OF HIGHWAY 31...HIGHWAY 19...HIGHWAY 175 AND INTERSTATE 45 MAY 

EXPERIENCE FLOODING PROBLEMS EARLY THIS MORNING. DRIVERS ALONG THESE 

ROADS AND OTHERS IN HENDERSON AND NAVARRO COUNTIES ARE URGED TO USE 

EXTREME CAUTION AND NOT DRIVE INTO HIGH WATERS. 



THE NAVARRO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR HAS REPORTED THAT 

MANY COUNTY ROADS HAVE BEEN FLOODED IN AND AROUND CORSICANA. 

ALSO...THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 45 HAVE BEEN CLOSED NEAR 

THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 31 IN NAVARRO COUNTY. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW YOUR 

LOCATION IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS OR CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME 

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER.

DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING...EVEN ON FOOT. RAPIDLY 

FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.



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.



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 3209 9684 3185 9665 3202 9611 3206 9574

          3236 9554 3235 9596 3234 9633



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