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WGUS74 KFWD 131349

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TXC027-145-331-395-131500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

845 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004



...DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION CONTINUES FOR FALLS... 

ROBERTSON...BELL AND MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...



AT 840 AM CDT...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN 

REPORTED FROM SOUTHERN FALLS COUNTY...INTO EASTERN BELL...MILAM AND 

WESTERN ROBERTSON COUNTIES. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

ACROSS THIS REGION...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS ABOVE 6 INCHES. AN 

ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS REGION THROUGH 10 

AM CDT. SEVERAL ROADS ARE COVERED WITH WATER...INCLUDING STATE 

HIGHWAY 79 NEAR GAUSE...STATE HIGHWAY 77 IN BEN ARNOLD NORTH OF 

CAMERON...FLOODING OF HIGHWAY 2904 NEAR JOKER AND AIRVILLE IN FAR 

EASTERN BELL COUNTY. ALSO...THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 2904 

AND 320 NEAR WESTPHALIA IN FAR SOUTHERN FALLS COUNTY. URBAN FLOODING 

IS ALSO OCCURRING IN TEMPLE.



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND IMMEDIATELY IF YOU EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING IN YOUR 

AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR AREA CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS OR IS 

FLOWING OVER 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 3074 9726 3093 9775 3127 9747 3122 9732

          3148 9682 3121 9662 3125 9640 3098 9629

          3046 9717



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