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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

736 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008



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COMANCHE TX-HAMILTON TX-MILLS TX-

736 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN MILLS...WESTERN HAMILTON AND SOUTHERN COMANCHE COUNTIES...



...POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD SITUATION...



AT 735 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING FROM SOUTH OF COMANCHE...TO 

NEAR HAMILTON...TO NEAR PRIDDY. MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 5 MPH.



THIS IS A POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. RADAR 

INDICATES THAT OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN WESTERN HAMILTON 

COUNTY...WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES ESTIMATED OVER NORTHERN MILLS AND 

SOUTHERN COMANCHE COUNTY. ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 915 AM.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...CREEKS AND 

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD 

QUICKLY. REMEMBER FLOODING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER RELATED 

DEATHS. IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD AHEAD...REMEMBER...TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT

WORTH.



LAT...LON 3169 9867 3194 9882 3196 9833 3195 9832

      3197 9826 3192 9820 3192 9819 3181 9801

      3157 9800 3148 9818 3150 9895



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