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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

159 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005



TXC161-293-042045-

FREESTONE TX-LIMESTONE TX-

159 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN

LIMESTONE AND WESTERN FREESTONE COUNTIES...



AT 156 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST SOUTH OF 

FAIRFIELD...TO THORNTON...TO 10 MILES WEST OF COOLIDGE. MOVEMENT WAS 

SLOWLY SOUTHWEST.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORT PARKER

STATE PARK...WORTHAM...TEAGUE...MEXIA...FAIRFIELD AND COOLIDGE.



ALTHOUGH RAINFALL OVER THE INITIAL WARNING AREA HAS 

DECREASED...RADAR INDICATES THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE 

WARNING AREA. THE THREAT OF CONTINUED RUNOFF AND FLOODING WILL 

CONTINUE. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN 

FREESTONE AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES...INCREASING THE THREAT OF FLOODING 

AS THE STORMS MOVE SOUTHWEST.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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. 

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3149 9614 3178 9617 3179 9679 3146 9676



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