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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

823 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008



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PALO PINTO TX-STEPHENS TX-EASTLAND TX-ERATH TX-

823 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN ERATH...NORTHERN EASTLAND...STEPHENS AND PALO PINTO

COUNTIES...



 AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF EASTLAND AND 

ERATH COUNTIES MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 900 PM CDT.



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 3296 9910 3295 9847 3295 9842 3301 9842

      3301 9813 3299 9805 3251 9806 3234 9798

      3231 9912

TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 203DEG 18KT 3316 9820



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