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WGUS74 KFWD 251859

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TXC099-252315-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

158 PM CDT SUN APR 25 2004



...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CORYELL COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT...



THE FLOOD WARNING FOR CORYELL COUNTY CONTINUES AS RUNOFF FROM THE 

LAST FEW DAYS OF RAIN HAS BROUGHT THE LEON RIVER...SOUTHEAST OF 

GATESVILLE...OUT OF ITS BANKS IN A FEW LOCATIONS.



AT 155 PM...THE CORYELL COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT 

WATER WAS STARTING TO COVER THE ROAD ON TEXAS 236 NEAR THE MOTHER 

NEST STATE PARK.



THE LEON RIVER HAS ALREADY CRESTED AT GATESVILLE. THUS...IT APPEARS 

THAT THE RIVER FLOOD WAVE HAS JUST ABOUT MADE IT TO THE UPPER 

REACHES OF BELTON LAKE. THE LEON SHOULD RETURN TO ITS BANKS BY THIS 

EVENING.



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.



LAT...LON 3139 9750 3133 9744 3127 9758 3140 9761



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