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000 

WGUS74 KFWD 230841

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

239 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005



TXC333-230900-

MILLS TX-

239 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR MILLS

COUNTY...



AT 237 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN.  

THE AREA EXTENDED FROM WEST OF DEMOCRAT...TO NEAR PRIDDY...TO NEAR 

GOLDTHWAITE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED IN 

NORTHEASTERN MILLS COUNTY SINCE 130 AM. THIS RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN 

RUNOFF AND A CONTINUED THREAT FOR FLOODING.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. LESS THAN THREE FEET

OF OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3151 9884 3140 9857 3147 9834 3173 9849

      3169 9874 3160 9879



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