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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1129 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008



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KAUFMAN TX-

1129 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR

KAUFMAN COUNTY...



* AT 1129 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 27 MILES

  NORTHEAST OF TERRELL TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF KEMP...MOVING EAST AT 28

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

  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1230 AM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE MABANK.



FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN TERRELL AND SEVERAL ROADS WERE 

CLOSED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT 

TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF 

RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. 

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A 

DIFFERENT ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER 

RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3243 9645 3247 9650 3251 9652 3253 9650

      3255 9653 3282 9651 3282 9629 3286 9628

      3284 9608 3236 9608 3237 9645

TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 266DEG 25KT 3288 9584 3233 9621



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