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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

403 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



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MCLENNAN TX-

403 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR

MCLENNAN COUNTY...



AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER MCLENNAN COUNTY...MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 4 MPH. PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEPOSITED 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN WACO...GHOLSON...AND NORTHCREST...AND ALONG 

INTERSTATE 35. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 

545 PM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE LACY-LAKEVIEW...BELLMEAD...NORTHCREST...RIESEL...HALLSBURG...

WEST AND MART.



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.



LAT...LON 3129 9728 3162 9753 3180 9717 3181 9716

      3181 9715 3182 9714 3186 9703 3153 9680



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