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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

1259 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005



TXC133-429-081900-

STEPHENS TX-EASTLAND TX-

1259 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005



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

EASTLAND AND STEPHENS COUNTIES...



AT 1256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO

DETECT A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE 

STORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF BRECKENRIDGE...TO CISCO AND 

EASTLAND...TO EAST OF CROSS PLAINS. MOVEMENT WAS SLOWLY EAST.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

HARPERSVILLE...GUNSIGHT AND BRECKENRIDGE.



ALTHOUGH RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA HAS DECREASED SOMEWHAT SINCE 

NOON...ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM 

CALLAHAN AND SHACKELFORD COUNTIES. THIS MAY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 

TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE AREA.



THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 

WILL CAUSE CONTINUED 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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