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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
313 PM CDT FRI OCT 23 2015

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NAVARRO TX-
313 PM CDT FRI OCT 23 2015

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CORSICANA IN NAVARRO COUNTY...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NAVARRO COUNTY...

AT 307 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.  FLASH
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. OVER 8 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE
LIKELY.

SOUTHBOUND INTERSTATE 45 IN CORSICANA IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
MULTIPLE CITY ROADS WITHIN CORSICANA HAVE WATER RISING TOO RAPIDLY
FOR OFFICIALS TO CLOSE THEM IN TIME. MULTIPLE WATER RESCUES HAVE
BEEN REPORTED AS WELL.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CORSICANA AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CORSICANA...KERENS...TRINIDAD...BLOOMING GROVE...DAWSON...ANGUS...
BARRY...NAVARRO...RICE...FROST...RETREAT...OAK VALLEY...MILDRED...
EUREKA...RICHLAND...STREETMAN...GOODLOW...POWELL...EMHOUSE AND
MERTENS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3180 9650 3181 9672 3206 9689 3208 9688
      3220 9664 3223 9621 3220 9619 3221 9615
      3216 9616 3216 9612 3215 9610 3210 9612
      3208 9611 3208 9606 3204 9607 3201 9605

$$

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