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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1218 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005



TXC133-429-081900-

STEPHENS TX-EASTLAND TX-

1218 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR WESTERN 

EASTLAND AND STEPHENS COUNTIES...



AT 1217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE 

STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CRYSTAL FALLS...TO JUST WEST OF 

BRECKENRIDGE...TO CISCO AND EASTLAND...TO RISING STAR. MOVEMENT WAS 

EAST AT 10 MPH.



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

HARPERSVILLE...GUNSIGHT AND BRECKENRIDGE.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. THIS RAINFALL HAS 

PRODUCED FLOODING IN BRECKENRIDGE AND IN CISCO. ADDITIONALLY... 

RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN 

STEPHENS...AND NORTHWESTERN AND SOUTHERN EASTLAND COUNTY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...AREAS ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 

FLASH FLOODING.



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. IT ONLY TAKES A COUPLE FEET OF SWIFTLY

FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3210 9912 3221 9872 3279 9864 3280 9905



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