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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1009 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



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FREESTONE TX-LIMESTONE TX-LEON TX-FALLS TX-ROBERTSON TX-

1009 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR

ROBERTSON...NORTHEASTERN FALLS...LEON...SOUTHERN LIMESTONE AND

FREESTONE COUNTIES...



AT 1005 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 

SEVERAL AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

ONE CLUSTER WAS CENTERED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKLIN IN ROBERTSON 

COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 13 MPH. A SECOND CLUSTER WAS CENTERED IN 

SOUTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY 8 MILES EAST OF THORNTON...ALSO MOVING 

EAST AT 13 MPH. 



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT LOCALIZED AREAS OF RAINFALL 

OF UP TO 4 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON BEFORE THE RAINS BEGIN TO DIMINISH. 



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE GROESBECK...FORT PARKER STATE PARK...TEAGUE...FAIRFIELD...

BUFFALO...FAIRFIELD LAKE STATE PARK AND CENTERVILLE.



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.



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 3084 9667 3091 9669 3093 9675 3103 9677

      3107 9665 3144 9685 3190 9604 3185 9598

      3180 9598 3177 9590 3170 9587 3170 9583

      3166 9579 3133 9568



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