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000 

WGUS74 KFWD 241224

FFSFTW

TXC035-099-193-217-309-349-241330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

724 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NAVARRO...HILL...BOSQUE...

HAMILTON...MCLENNAN AND CORYELL COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM CDT...



THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNING 

AREA...WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES SINCE 

MIDNIGHT. MODERATE RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH AN HOUR 

WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 830 AM...RESULTING IN A CONTINUED FLASH FLOOD 

RISK. 



MANY REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED... 

INCLUDING WATER OVER THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 35 AT THE 

359 MILE MARKER IN HILL COUNTY THAT HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL 

ACCIDENTS. WATER OVER ONE FOOT DEEP BETWEEN HAMILTON AND HICO HAS 

BEEN REPORTED...AND A BRIDGE WAS REPORTED UNDER WATER ON COUNTY ROAD 

1120 IN BOSQUE COUNTY JUST WEST OF MORGAN.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...ESCAPE RISING WATER BY MOVING DIRECTLY TO

HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT CAMP OR PARK YOUR VEHICLE ALONG STREAMS AND

WASHES. PAY ATTENTION TO THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT AND TO

RAPID INCREASES IN STREAM LEVELS AND FLOW.



LAT...LON 3223 9628 3175 9701 3154 9689 3127 9787

          3160 9823 3190 9808 3211 9743 3203 9692



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000 

WGUS74 KFWD 241224

FFSFTW

TXC035-099-193-217-309-349-241330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

724 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NAVARRO...HILL...BOSQUE...

HAMILTON...MCLENNAN AND CORYELL COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM CDT...



THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNING 

AREA...WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES SINCE 

MIDNIGHT. MODERATE RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH AN HOUR 

WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 830 AM...RESULTING IN A CONTINUED FLASH FLOOD 

RISK. 



MANY REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED... 

INCLUDING WATER OVER THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 35 AT THE 

359 MILE MARKER IN HILL COUNTY THAT HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL 

ACCIDENTS. WATER OVER ONE FOOT DEEP BETWEEN HAMILTON AND HICO HAS 

BEEN REPORTED...AND A BRIDGE WAS REPORTED UNDER WATER ON COUNTY ROAD 

1120 IN BOSQUE COUNTY JUST WEST OF MORGAN.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...ESCAPE RISING WATER BY MOVING DIRECTLY TO

HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT CAMP OR PARK YOUR VEHICLE ALONG STREAMS AND

WASHES. PAY ATTENTION TO THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT AND TO

RAPID INCREASES IN STREAM LEVELS AND FLOW.



LAT...LON 3223 9628 3175 9701 3154 9689 3127 9787

          3160 9823 3190 9808 3211 9743 3203 9692



$$



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