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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1135 AM CDT THU JUL 29 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCLENNAN COUNTY UNTIL 

1230 PM CDT...



AT 1135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

NUMEROUS AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MCLENNAN 

COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAD SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH OF WACO...AND 

WAS AFFECTING THE LORENA...ROBERTSON...AND RIESEL AREAS. THE 

ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



THE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS THAT BROUGHT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN A 3 

HOUR PERIOD TO THE WACO AREA THIS MORNING HAS DIMINISHED AND MOVED 

INTO LIMESTONE AND FALLS COUNTIES. 



RAIN INTENSITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DIMINISHING ACROSS 

MCLENNAN COUNTY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KNOW YOUR 

LOCATION IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS OR CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME 

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER.

DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING...EVEN ON FOOT. RAPIDLY 

FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.



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.



IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...ESCAPE RISING WATER BY MOVING DIRECTLY TO

HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT CAMP OR PARK YOUR VEHICLE ALONG STREAMS AND

WASHES. PAY ATTENTION TO THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT AND TO

RAPID INCREASES IN STREAM LEVELS AND FLOW.



LAT...LON 3158 9760 3127 9735 3153 9681 3185 9705



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