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WGUS74 KFWD 050259

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1000 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005



TXC133-050445-

EASTLAND TX-

1000 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005



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

EASTLAND COUNTY...



AT 1000 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF EASTLAND COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED JUST WEST OF THIS 

AREA...AND MAY MOVE INTO NORTHWEST EASTLAND COUNTY AFTER 1030 PM.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST EASTLAND COUNTY WEST OF CISCO. 

INTERSTATE 20 HAS BEEN REOPENED IN THIS AREA...ALTHOUGH HIGH WATER 

LIKELY REMAINS IN SPOTS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3224 9913 3230 9879 3252 9878 3253 9910



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