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WGUS74 KFWD 070054

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TXC309-070200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

654 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCLENNAN COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM

CST...



AT 653 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 

HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE SHIFTED EAST AND SOUTH OF MCLENNAN COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP 

AND MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF MCLENNAN COUNTY...INCLUDING 

THE WACO AREA. 



RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS AND UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUED THREAT OF FLASH 

FLOODING IN PARTS OF MCLENNAN COUNTY. 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. 



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 DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH

RISING WATER.



LAT...LON 3184 9703 3158 9758 3129 9732 3154 9683



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