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WGUS74 KFWD 131927

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TXC027-145-331-395-132045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

226 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FALLS...ROBERTSON...BELL AND

MILAM COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...



AT 226 PM...LIGHT TO MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS LINGERED ACROSS MUCH OF 

ROBERTSON COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. MOST OF THE RAIN 

HAD ENDED OR WAS GENERALLY LIGHT ACROSS THE OTHER WARNED COUNTIES.



COUNTY SHERIFFS CONTINUE TO REPORT NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES AND AREAS 

WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAYS AT 230 PM. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED 

TO CONTINUE DIMINISHING THROUGH 330 PM...BUT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE 

TO CREATE A VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITION ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA.



KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING NEAR RUSHING FLOOD WATERS. THE BANKS

STREAMS AND FLOODWAYS ARE SLIPPERY AND RAIN SOFTENED GROUND MAY GIVE

WAY EASILY. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD BE A VICTIM OF DANGEROUS FLOOD

WATERS



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 3100 9784 3078 9725 3053 9715 3079 9661

          3073 9656 3076 9647 3092 9642 3098 9630

          3130 9637 3120 9665 3147 9680



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