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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1134 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



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PALO PINTO TX-PARKER TX-

1134 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR

WESTERN PARKER AND PALO PINTO COUNTIES...



AT 1131 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAFORD. THE   

STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR   

INDICATES THAT AT LEAST 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. 

ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 145 AM CDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN 

INCLUDE GRAFORD...PALO PINTO...MINERAL WELLS...AND SALESVILLE.



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 3295 9852 3295 9842 3300 9842 3301 9841

      3300 9795 3256 9806 3257 9853



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