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TXC035-217-251945-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1148 AM CDT MON OCT 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES UNTIL

245 PM CDT...



AT 1148 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING LOCATED FROM ITASCA AND 

HILLSBORO WEST THROUGH AQUILLA TO CLIFTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE HILL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT 

FARM TO MARKET ROAD 310 WAS WASHING OUT NORTHEAST OF AQUILLA. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN FROM JUST SOUTH OF HILLSBORO TO AQUILLA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL FALL WITH THESE STORMS AND RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING IN 

HILLSBORO AND SURROUNDING AREAS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 

35 NEAR HILLSBORO...AND HIGHWAY 22 HILLSBORO AND WHITNEY SHOULD 

AVOID TRAVELING UNTIL THE HEAVY RAINFALL ENDS.



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 3217 9709 3191 9685 3187 9715 3172 9751

      3206 9761



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TXC035-217-251945-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED LAST SENTENCE OF 2ND PARAGRAPH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1148 AM CDT MON OCT 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HILL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES UNTIL

245 PM CDT...



AT 1148 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING LOCATED FROM ITASCA AND 

HILLSBORO WEST THROUGH AQUILLA TO CLIFTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE HILL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT 

FARM TO MARKET ROAD 310 WAS WASHING OUT NORTHEAST OF AQUILLA. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN FROM JUST SOUTH OF HILLSBORO TO AQUILLA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL FALL WITH THESE STORMS AND RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING IN 

HILLSBORO AND SURROUNDING AREAS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 

35 NEAR HILLSBORO...AND HIGHWAY 22 BETWEEN HILLSBORO AND WHITNEY 

SHOULD AVOID TRAVELING UNTIL THE HEAVY RAINFALL ENDS.



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 3217 9709 3191 9685 3187 9715 3172 9751

      3206 9761



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