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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1036 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LEON...FALLS...ROBERTSON...

BELL AND MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...



A VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD EVENT CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED 

COUNTIES THIS MORNING AS HIGH WATER RESCUES...WASHED OUT 

ROADWAYS...AND ROAD CLOSURES CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED.



AT 1035 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED TO AFFECT MILAM...ROBERTSON...AND LEON 

COUNTIES. RAINFALL ACROSS BELL AND FALLS COUNTIES HAS DIMINISHED 

SIGNIFICANTLY...BUT HIGH WATER HAS CONTINUED THE FLASH FLOODING 

THERE.



LATEST RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD SLOWLY MOVE 

SOUTH OR MILAM...ROBERTSON AND LEON COUNTIES BY NOON. 

HOWEVER...GIVEN RADAR ESTIMATES OF 10 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN...THE 

FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY WELL LINGER INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.



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.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE NEAR...OR LIVE...IN A FLASH

FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT ATTEMPT

TO WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING.



LAT...LON 3157 9583 3134 9573 3114 9578 3113 9600

          3093 9638 3088 9642 3077 9647 3074 9657

          3076 9664 3052 9715 3075 9727 3091 9765

          3137 9670 3121 9660 3140 9624



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