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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

756 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



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MCLENNAN TX-

756 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



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

EASTERN MCLENNAN COUNTY...



AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN NEAR HALLSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 13 

MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. 

ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 945 PM CDT.



THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW

MUCH WATER IS ON THE ROADS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

TO CARRY AWAY MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOTORISTS

SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TAKE A DIFFERENT

ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.



LAT...LON 3135 9743 3155 9726 3175 9700 3149 9689

      3125 9734



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