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WGUS74 KFWD 270421

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TXC349-270530-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1120 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NAVARRO COUNTY UNTIL 1230 

AM CDT...



HEAVY RAIN WITH HOURLY LOCALIZED HOURLY AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 

INCHES...CONTINUES TO PUSH EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH FROM CORSICANA 

AND ANGUS...NORTHEAST THROUGH THE UPPER FORK OF RICHLAND CHAMBERS 

RESERVOIR...TO THE COMMUNITIES OF EUREKA...POWELL AND KERENS.



AN OBSERVATION SITE 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORSICANA SHOWED THAT 2.28 

INCHES HAD FALLEN BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM CDT AND TOTALS WERE NOW IN 

EXCESS OF 3 INCHES AT THE SITE. EXPECT WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCHES 

ACROSS THIS REGION...LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES 

POSSIBLE THROUGH 1230 AM CDT. 



REMEMBER...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 NEVER 

DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER



LAT...LON 3227 9630 3219 9617 3208 9612 3183 9654

      3194 9660



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