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WGUS74 KFWD 070827

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TXC097-121-181-497-071000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

328 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GRAYSON...COOKE...WISE AND

DENTON COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CDT...



AT 328 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE OVER 

WISE COUNTY GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 287.  THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL ADD TO THE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL SUNDAY 

EVENING...CONTINUING A SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. AS THE HEAVY 

RAIN MOVES EAST...ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY IN DECATUR AND 

RHOME THROUGH 5 AM.



RAINFALL INTENSITIES OVER GRAYSON...COOKE...AND DENTON COUNTIES HAS 

DIMINISHED SINCE 1 AM...BUT THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ADD TO THE 

EXCESSIVE RAINS EARLIER...AND SLOW RATE AT WHICH FLOOD WATERS RECEDE.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT AND IN VEHICLES. 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 OR PAST POLICE 

BARRICADES.





LAT...LON 3342 9670 3340 9684 3303 9687 3305 9790

          3339 9768 3341 9743 3378 9745 3376 9665



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