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WGUS74 KFWD 191954

FFSFTW

TXC093-193-333-192145-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

254 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ERATH...COMANCHE...HAMILTON

AND MILLS COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...



THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS 

COMANCHE... MILLS AND HAMILTON COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM. THE STORMS 

ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH... AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 

AN ADDITION ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN.  ALTHOUGH NO 

SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED... LOW WATER 

CROSSING AND FLOOD PRONE ROADS COULD BE COVERED WITH DEEP WATER.  

HYDRO PLANING ON HIGHWAYS WILL REMAIN A PROBLEM UNTIL THE RAIN ENDS.



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.



LAT...LON 3210 9889 3170 9865 3148 9884 3132 9856

      3169 9783 3199 9802 3185 9818 3224 9857



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000 

WGUS74 KFWD 191954

FFSFTW

TXC093-193-333-192145-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

254 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ERATH...COMANCHE...HAMILTON

AND MILLS COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...



THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS 

COMANCHE... MILLS AND HAMILTON COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM. THE STORMS 

ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH... AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 

AN ADDITION ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN.  ALTHOUGH NO 

SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED... LOW WATER 

CROSSING AND FLOOD PRONE ROADS COULD BE COVERED WITH DEEP WATER.  

HYDRO PLANING ON HIGHWAYS WILL REMAIN A PROBLEM UNTIL THE RAIN ENDS.



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.



LAT...LON 3210 9889 3170 9865 3148 9884 3132 9856

      3169 9783 3199 9802 3185 9818 3224 9857



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