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WGUS74 KFWD 171416

FFSFWD

TXC027-099-281-171430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

815 AM CST WED NOV 17 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BELL...SOUTHERN CORYELL... 

AND EASTERN LAMPASAS COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM CST...



AT 814 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN BELL COUNTY. LIGHT TO 

MODERATE RAIN PERSISTED OVER CORYELL AND OVER EASTERN LAMPASAS 

COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE 

WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.



OVER THE PAST HOUR...SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FLOODED AND 

CLOSED ACROSS BELL...CORYELL...AND EASTERN LAMPASAS COUNTIES. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL AGGRAVATE THE 

FLOODING SITUATION.



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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3104 9715 3082 9739 3105 9790 3107 9817

      3145 9792 3122 9728



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