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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1048 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008



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COMANCHE TX-HAMILTON TX-MILLS TX-

1048 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR

MILLS...HAMILTON AND COMANCHE COUNTIES...



 AT 1048 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED AN

 AREA OF HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN DELEON...MULLEN AND HICO. RADAR 

 INDICATES THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA OVERNIGHT. AN 

 ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1215 PM CDT.

 SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN COMANCHE COUNTY 

 INCLUDING FM 1476 OFF HIGHWAY 36 AND FM 1476 AT NEWBURG. ADDITIONAL 

 FLOODING WILL OCCUR ACROSS COMANCHE...HAMILTON AND MILLS COUNTIES.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE GUSTINE AND COMANCHE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO

UNKNOWN DEPTHS. 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.



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 9866 3197 9879 3211 9847 3206 9841

      3195 9833 3197 9827 3192 9820 3192 9818

      3181 9800 3160 9797 3148 9817 3135 9861

      3150 9894



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