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WGUS74 KFWD 191834

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

134 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



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DENTON TX-

134 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR

WESTERN DENTON COUNTY...



AT 132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR DENTON...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. HEAVY 

RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN NEAR KRUM...AND ALONG INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN 

SANGER AND DENTON.  SOME FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR KRUM.  

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS WESTERN DENTON 

COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP 

TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN 

INCLUDE KRUM AND PONDER.



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 3343 9702 3342 9701 3314 9708 3299 9729

      3299 9739 3324 9735 3343 9721



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