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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

210 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FREESTONE COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM

CDT...



AT 210 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED AN 

AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN COVERING MUCH OF FREESTONE COUNTY. 

THIS AREA WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH AND WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE 

COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM.



ROADS WERE REPORTED FLOODED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY. 

ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING PROBLEM. IF YOU 

MUST TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON...PROCEED WITH EXTREME 

CAUTION.



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 3194 9612 3163 9585 3145 9623 3179 9649



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