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WGUS74 KFWD 092205
FFSFWD

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
505 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024

TXC097-181-100045-
/O.CON.KFWD.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-240510T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cooke TX-Grayson TX-
505 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR EASTERN COOKE AND GRAYSON COUNTIES...

At 505 PM CDT, Doppler radar continues to indicate thunderstorms
producing heavy rain with another round of heavy rain moving into
northern Grayson county. Life threatening flash flooding is ongoing
or expected to begin shortly for the highway 75 corridor in and near
Sherman. Please do not travel unless necessary.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
         urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Sherman, Gainesville, Whitesboro, Denison, Howe, Pottsboro,
  Collinsville, Whitewright, Bells, Tom Bean, Callisburg, Knollwood,
  Dorchester, Lake Texoma, Eisenhower State Park, Lake Kiowa,
  Randell Lake, Valley Lake, Preston and Southmayd.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3373 9709 3380 9709 3382 9705 3385 9709
      3385 9702 3396 9698 3396 9692 3386 9687
      3387 9679 3382 9676 3392 9666 3389 9659
      3385 9663 3373 9638 3349 9639 3354 9660
      3349 9674 3349 9720 3376 9719 3373 9717

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

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