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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

228 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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HILL TX-

228 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR HILL

COUNTY...



* AT 228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER HILL COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT   

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

  FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 400 PM      

  CDT.



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.



LAT...LON 3178 9733 3184 9728 3187 9737 3190 9737

      3193 9742 3198 9738 3204 9749 3213 9749

      3220 9744 3227 9708 3208 9695 3208 9691

      3194 9684 3175 9728

TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 192DEG 49KT 3331 9683



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