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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

659 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



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FREESTONE TX-LIMESTONE TX-FALLS TX-

659 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN FALLS...SOUTHERN LIMESTONE AND FREESTONE COUNTIES...



 AT 657 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS 

PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL ARE NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR INDICATES 

THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...PARTICULARLY IN 

FREESTONE AND MILAM COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 845 AM CDT. WATER WAS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 14 NEAR THE 

MILAM AND LIMESTONE COUNTY LINE.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE FAIRFIELD LAKE STATE PARK...TEAGUE AND FAIRFIELD.



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.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE

ROAD. 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 3117 9673 3142 9685 3189 9603 3183 9597

      3180 9598 3177 9594 3177 9590 3173 9587

      3170 9587 3169 9586 3170 9583 3166 9579



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