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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

538 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



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FANNIN TX-HUNT TX-

538 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR HUNT

AND FANNIN COUNTIES...



* AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER HUNT AND FANNIN COUNTIES...     

  MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE         

  THROUGH 730 PM CDT.



THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL 

AREAS OF THE COUNTIES.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE

ROAD. 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 3335 9629 3336 9639 3370 9637 3376 9620

      3383 9610 3386 9585 3301 9588 3298 9591

      3297 9595 3286 9598 3286 9628

TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 179DEG 79KT 3371 9603



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