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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

601 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT  

   FOR MCLENNAN COUNTY....



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR MOST OF NORTH TEXAS...



AT 600 PM CDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED ACROSS EASTERN CORYELL...MCLENNAN...LIMESTONE 

...FREESTONE...ANDERSON...NORTHERN MILAM...NORTHERN ROBERTSON...AND 

NORTHERN LEON COUNTIES.  MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY TO THE NORTH.



THIS ACTIVITY WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING...WATER PONDING

OF LOW LYING AREAS...AND RISES ON LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMS.  IF 

PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED 

FOR SOME OF THESE AREAS.



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 3154 9795 3128 9768 3134 9726 3062 9695

          3101 9632 3126 9632 3166 9541 3216 9664

          3202 9702



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