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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

146 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008



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HOPKINS TX-

146 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR

EASTERN HOPKINS COUNTY...



 AT 146 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES

  NORTH OF COMO TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COMO...MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH.

  RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.

  ANOTHER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 300 PM CDT.



THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN HAVE MOVED OVER AREAS WHICH 

RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL MONDAY EVENING. AREAS NEAR STOUTS CREEK 

RECEIVED NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN...AND ARE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING FROM THIS LATEST ROUND.



WHEN WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 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 VEHICLES.



LAT...LON 3296 9562 3334 9557 3336 9533 3298 9531

TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 283DEG 23KT 3328 9538 3299 9531



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