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TXC035-217-251945-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1256 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2004



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

UNTIL 245 PM CDT...



AT 1255 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SLOW 

MOVING AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS PARTS 

OF BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINS AT 1255 PM WERE 

FALLING IN AREAS FROM CARLS CORNER TO HILLSBORO TO WHITNEY AND 

AQUILLA. THE RAINS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 



THE HILL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS REPORTED FLOODING OF THE ON AND 

OFF RAMPS FOR INTERSTATE 35 NEAR CHATT. FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN 

REPORTED NEAR AQUILLA AND PEORIA. 



AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER HILL COUNTY 

BETWEEN 1 PM AND 230 PM. THIS WILL CAUSE MAJOR FLOODING IN AND 

AROUND HILLSBORO AND INTERSTATE 35. 



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 3200 9751 3167 9748 3199 9685 3227 9712

      3219 9740



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