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WGUS74 KFWD 181317

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

816 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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PALO PINTO TX-

816 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR PALO

PINTO COUNTY...



* AT 816 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAFORD...WITH 

THE BACK EDGE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. 

RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. 

ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1100 AM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE GRAFORD AND MINERAL WELLS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY

MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO

REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. 

REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3294 9854 3295 9843 3300 9840 3300 9807

      3251 9806 3254 9854 3293 9857

TIME...MOT...LOC 1316Z 250DEG 29KT 3278 9833



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