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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

513 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



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ANDERSON TX-FREESTONE TX-LEON TX-

513 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN LEON...EAST CENTRAL FREESTONE AND SOUTH CENTRAL ANDERSON

COUNTIES...



AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF LEON...FREESTONE...

AND ANDERSON COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES 

THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND ANOTHER INCH WILL 

BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 615 PM CDT.



THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN AFFECT BUTLER...OAKWOOD...LONG 

LAKE...AND TUCKER.



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 3178 9577 3160 9563 3152 9581 3169 9594



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