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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

615 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCLENNAN COUNTY UNTIL 745 AM

CDT...



RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT WE RECEIVED OVERNIGHT WILL CONTINUE 

TO RESULT IN SOME FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY NEAR CREEKS AND IN LOW 

LYING...FLOOD PRONE AREAS. AT 612 AM...THE MCLENNAN COUNTY SHERIFFS 

OFFICE REPORTED THAT THE PART OF INTERSTATE 35 NEAR THE HEWITT EXIT

THAT WAS CLOSED EARLIER...HAS REOPENED. HOWEVER...FLOODING WAS STILL

OCCURRING ON SOME COUNTY ROADS AND CREEKS ARE RISING. THE HEAVY RAIN

HAS ENDED FOR NOW...BUT SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN RAIN IS EXPECTED 

THROUGH 745 AM.



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.



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 3184 9703 3154 9684 3131 9733 3160 9755



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