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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

856 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



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FALLS TX-ROBERTSON TX-MILAM TX-

856 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR NORTH

CENTRAL MILAM...EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ROBERTSON AND FALLS COUNTIES...



AT 853 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   A 

CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CENTERED 5 

MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOTT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 7 MPH. RADAR INDICATES 

THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN 

WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 945 AM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN 

INCLUDE MARLIN...LOTT...AND ROSEBUD.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...CREEKS AND

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD

QUICKLY. REMEMBER FLOODING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER RELATED

DEATHS.



LAT...LON 3100 9709 3102 9709 3106 9713 3109 9714

      3114 9718 3116 9718 3120 9722 3142 9686

      3107 9666 3095 9706



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