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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

719 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



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MCLENNAN TX-

719 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



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

MCLENNAN COUNTY...



AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODWAY. THE   

STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR   

INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1   

TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 945 PM CDT.



LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED HIGH WATER RESCUES WERE ONGOING IN WACO. 



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN

INCLUDE WOODWAY...WEST...WACO...RIESEL...NORTHCREST...

LACY-LAKEVIEW...HALLSBURG...CRAWFORD...BEVERLY HILLS AND BELLMEAD.



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 3128 9737 3130 9739 3159 9760 3187 9704

      3149 9689 3125 9734



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