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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

328 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004



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

COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT...



AT 328 PM...MOST OF THE RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA.

THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



SOME LINGERING FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR NORMALLY FLOOD PRONE 

LOCATIONS...WILL LIKELY CONTINUE. ADDITIONALLY...ANY NEW RAINFALL 

WILL QUICKLY AGGRAVATE THE CURRENT SITUATION AND WOULD LIKELY 

PROMPT NEW FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS.



A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS 

TONIGHT...AND THIS MAY PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM 

DEVELOPMENT. STILL...MORE FLOODING IS FAR FROM CERTAIN AS THE 

ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE REGION IS SOMEWHAT STABLE AFTER ALL THE RAIN 

THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.



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 3147 9682 3119 9661 3133 9636 3099 9629

          3092 9643 3078 9648 3073 9659 3076 9664

          3051 9714 3077 9724 3098 9782



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