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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1251 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CDT SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
VAN ZANDT
AT 1249 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED VERY
HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF VAN ZANDT COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST
RAIN THUS FAR HAS FALLEN JUST TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CANTON
AREA...BUT SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL EFFECT CANTON THROUGH 2 PM.
RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND CREEK BEDS...AS
WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
IF THIS STORM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AT THIS RATE THROUGH 2
PM...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VAN ZANDT COUNTY MAY BE ISSUED. STAY
TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.
