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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

643 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HOUSTON COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT

UNTIL 815 PM CDT...



AT 625 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS THE

HOUSTON COUNTY AREA AND ONLY A FEW ISOLATED SOUTHWARD MOVING SHOWERS

EXISTED NEAR WAVERLY IN HUMPHREYS COUNTY. THOUGH THE RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA HAS ENDED...KEEP IN MIND THAT FLASH FLOODING CAN STILL

OCCUR EVEN SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE RAINFALL DIMINISHES.



DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD

OCCURRED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF

HOUSTON COUNTY. THE HOUSTON COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND THE CENTRAL

DISPATCH OFFICE HAVE REPORTED SEVERAL SMALL BRIDGES WASHED OUT EAST

OF TOWN AS WELL AS NUMEROUS AUTO ACCIDENTS.



FLASH FLOODING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER. PLEASE

AVOID BECOMING A STATISTIC. IF THE WATER LEVEL BEGINS TO RISE IN

YOUR AREA...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IN ADDITION...WHEN

DRIVING AN AUTOMOBILE...NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER OF UNKNOWN

DEPTH.



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