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WGUS74 KFWD 050154

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

853 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005



TXC133-050445-

EASTLAND TX-

853 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN

EASTLAND COUNTY...



AT 853 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED INTERSTATE 20 

CLOSED WEST OF THE EASTLAND - CALLAHAN COUNTY LINE DUE TO FLOODING. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER THE COUNTY LINE HAS PRODUCED 

SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND 

ROOFS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CALLAHAN COUNTY. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO 

PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL...AND IS MOVING EAST AT 10 

MPH. THIS SLOW MOVEMENT INCREASES THE FLOODING POTENTIAL.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EASTLAND AND 

CISCO. BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS ON INTERSTATE 20 IN WESTERN EASTLAND 

COUNTY.



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 STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3224 9913 3230 9879 3252 9878 3253 9910



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