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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

722 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



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MONTAGUE TX-WISE TX-

722 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN WISE AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES...



AT 720 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM ALVORD IN NORTHERN WISE 

COUNTY...TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORESTBURG...TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST 

OF ST JOE...MOVING NORTH AT 14 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF BOWIE...TO 

MONTAGUE...TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NOCONA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES 

WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 815 

AM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN 

INCLUDE STONEBURG...MONTAGUE...ST. JO AND NOCONA.



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.



LAT...LON 3397 9759 3391 9757 3393 9751 3391 9747

      3328 9747 3327 9791 3344 9792 3345 9796

      3348 9799 3386 9797 3388 9792 3386 9788

      3387 9784 3399 9769



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