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WGUS74 KFWD 152138

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

435 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008



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MONTAGUE TX-

435 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY...



AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES EAST OF SAINT JO...MOVING SOUTHEAST  

AT 11 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN   

IN THE AREA NEAR LAKE NOCONA AND POINTS TO THE NORTH OF SAINT JO.  

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST INTO COOK 

COUNTY...BUT ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 530 PM.



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 AUTOMOBILES.



LAT...LON 3399 9761 3397 9759 3392 9758 3391 9757

      3391 9755 3392 9752 3392 9748 3363 9748

      3370 9778 3391 9779 3400 9767



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