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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

155 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2008



TXC093-062015-

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COMANCHE TX-

155 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR

COMANCHE COUNTY...



 AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 

AN   AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF COMANCHE COUNTY...MOVING 

NORTH AT 17 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN.   ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 315 

PM CDT. RAINFALL RATES ARE BEGINNING TO EASE...AND RAIN SHOULD TAPER 

OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON.



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.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3212 9845 3195 9833 3196 9823 3185 9816

      3171 9844 3177 9849 3171 9863 3171 9864

      3192 9883 3193 9883



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