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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

845 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008



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ERATH TX-COMANCHE TX-

845 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR

NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE AND NORTHERN ERATH COUNTIES...



AT 841 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED  

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES   

NORTHEAST OF STEPHENVILLE TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DE LEON...MOVING   

SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1045  

PM CST.  WE HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.



THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE 

ROAD...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.  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 3230 9848 3242 9847 3251 9806 3250 9805

      3230 9797 3190 9881 3191 9882 3208 9893



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