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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1125 AM CST TUE MAR 28 2006

TXC161-293-281800-
FREESTONE TX-LIMESTONE TX-
1125 AM CST TUE MAR 28 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL NOON CST FOR LIMESTONE AND
FREESTONE COUNTIES...

AT 1125 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT DIMINISHING SHOWER ACTIVITY MOVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF FREESTONE 
AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS 
REMAINING OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN PARTS OF FREESTONE AND LIMESTONE 
COUNTIES...BUT THIS RAIN WILL LIKELY END BEFORE NOON. 

AT 1039 AM CST...LIMESTONE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED COUNTY ROADS 339 
AT CHRISTMAS CREEK AND 423 WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATERS. THE HIGH 
WATER IN THIS AREA...AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS OF LIMESTONE AND 
FREESTONE COUNTIES...SHOULD SLOWLY RECEDE THIS AFTERNOON.

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LIMESTONE AND FREESTONE COUNTIES WILL 
LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON. 

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A COUPLE FEET OF SWIFTLY
FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3124 9659 3164 9688 3168 9641 3178 9620
      3187 9606 3165 9578

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