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WGUS74 KFWD 091328

FFSFWD



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

826 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005



TXC027-091400-

BELL TX-

826 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR BELL

COUNTY...



AT 825 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 

DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF BELL 

COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXTENDED FROM NEAR TROY...TO 

TEMPLE...TO WEST OF SALADO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

HOLLAND...TEMPLE AND TROY.



THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION. FLOODING HAS BEEN 

REPORTED IN KILLEEN...AND IN HARKER HEIGHTS. AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 

INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE...WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING 

PROBLEMS. 



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. TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3106 9792 3089 9780 3080 9741 3103 9713

      3132 9741



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