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WGUS74 KFWD 230827

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

224 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005



TXC143-193-230945-

ERATH TX-HAMILTON TX-

224 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 AM CST FOR HAMILTON AND

ERATH COUNTIES...



AT 223 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS 

EXTENDED FROM EAST OF STEPHENVILLE...TO NEAR HICO...TO WEST OF 

HAMILTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.



RAINFALL OF UP TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR HAS BEEN ESTIMATED ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY WESTERN AND NORTHERN 

HAMILTON COUNTY. THE HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT 

COWHOUSE CREEK NEAR POTTSVILLE WAS RAPIDLY RISING.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN FORT

WORTH.



LAT...LON 3217 9825 3198 9825 3187 9817 3170 9842

      3157 9832 3170 9781 3200 9802 3211 9788

      3236 9800



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