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WGUS74 KFWD 230637

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1236 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005



TXC093-230845-

COMANCHE TX-

1236 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM CST FOR COMANCHE

COUNTY...



AT 1234 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN.  THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN WAS JUST WEST OF COMANCHE...AND NEAR AND NORTH OF DE 

LEON. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



RAINFALL OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR IS FALLING FROM THE STRONGER 

STORMS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. SWIFTLY FLOWING 

WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3211 9884 3217 9868 3219 9853 3213 9847

      3200 9838 3190 9830 3172 9867 3183 9874

      3204 9889



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