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TXC063-159-343-449-060715-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1252 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 215 AM CDT FOR

FRANKLIN...TITUS...MORRIS AND CAMP COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...



AT 1250 AM...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

CONTINUED TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN

TITUS COUNTY...EXTENDING EASTWARD INTO MORRIS COUNTY AND SOUTHWARD

INTO MUCH OF CAMP COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING FROM

NEAR MOUNT PLEASANT...TO NEAR PITTSBURG AND THE LONE STAR AREA.

THE RAINFALL HAD ENDED WEST OF THESE AREAS ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY.



THE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. WHILE THE

RAINFALL SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF OVER THE NEXT HOUR ACROSS THE

WARNED AREA...RUNOFF IS NOT COMPLETE. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS IN AND

AROUND THE LAKE CYPRESS SPRINGS AREA HAVE HIGH WATER OVER THEM

INCLUDING COUNTY ROADS 127...4230 AND 3122.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF 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.  REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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