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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

243 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FALLS AND BELL COUNTIES UNTIL

430 PM CDT...



AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 

WIDESPREAD RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF WESTERN BELL COUNTY. MODERATE RAIN 

CONTINUED OVER EASTERN BELL COUNTY...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 

ACROSS FALLS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF 

SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM GATESVILLE TO SOUTH OF COPPERAS 

COVE AND WILL MOVE INTO BELL COUNTY BY 300 PM.



BELL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS REPORTED EXTENSIVE FLOODING 

ACROSS CENTRAL BELL COUNTY. INTERSTATE 35 FROM BELTON TO NORTH OF 

TEMPLE REMAINS CLOSED. EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING IS REPORTED IN 

TEMPLE AND TROY. POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. HOMES WERE 

EVACUATED AND MANY SECONDARY ROADS ARE CLOSED IN THE AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3125 9664 3080 9734 3106 9787 3148 9683

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