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WGUS74 KFWD 010815

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TXC309-011000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

315 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCLENNAN COUNTY UNTIL 500 AM

CDT...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS 

MCLENNAN COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. AT 312 AM...RADAR SHOWED THE 

HEAVIEST RAINS OCCURRING NEAR WOODWAY AND WACO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 

25 MPH. 



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY 

HAVE FALLEN IN AN AREA EXTENDING FROM NEAR CRAWFORD...TO NORTH OF 

WACO...TO NEAR WEST. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL THROUGH 5 AM 

BEFORE THE RAIN BEGINS TO DIMINISH. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW YOUR

LOCATION IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS OR CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER.

DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING...EVEN ON FOOT. RAPIDLY

FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES. TAKE

THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH

RISING WATER.



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 3146 9750 3129 9738 3152 9682 3180 9700



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