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WGUS74 KFWD 230529

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TXC027-230800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1225 AM CDT SAT OCT 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BELL COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM 

CDT...



AT 1225 AM CDT...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR...EXTENDED FROM TROY...

TO TEMPLE...TO LITTLE RIVER ACADEMY...SALADO AND HOLLAND. THIS LINE 

IS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 35 MPH AND SHOULD MAINLY BE AFFECT EASTERN 

PORTIONS OF BELL COUNTY...OR GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH

130 AM CDT AND WILL CONTINUED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY. 



AREAS AROUND KILLEEN AND FORT HOOD HAVE REOPENED THEIR ROADS. 

HOWEVER...AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 COULD SEE A QUICK 1 

TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME...RESULTING IN 

LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. COMMUTING IN THESE AREAS IS HIGHLY 

DISCOURAGED UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. 



REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY 

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF 

FLASH FLOODS. USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE 

DITCHES. TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT NEVER 

DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER



LAT...LON 3125 9729 3102 9711 3091 9727 3078 9735

      3095 9785 3106 9789 3131 9744



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